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In Matt’s words……. “My journey started in 2012 as a chubby Dad. I was getting out of breath chasing my two little lads around the garden. I was in an unhappy place and very body conscious.  I signed up to my first Tough Mudder with a team in 2012 when…

Today’s report from the Health & Social Care Committee’s Expert Panel has found that the Government is making ‘inadequate’ progress against commitments on cancer services Read the full report here. This confirms again what we, in the radiotherapy community, have known for decades – government and senior NHS leaders continue…

So…… its World Cancer Day and we are here to make some noise about the importance of radiotherapy, the cancer back log, and what the charity and our campaigns have been up to in raising awareness.  Firstly, we wish you all a Happy New Year and thank you for your…

Introducing Radiotherapy UK. We are re-launching the charity as Radiotherapy UK, accompanied by a brand-new logo and website. The aim is that the website is more user friendly, provides more support and information to patients, professionals and anyone interested in knowing more about radiotherapy. We also see this as being…

As part of Prostate cancer awareness month we have @tonyendurancerunner (BEM) to share his story…Hello my name is Tony, in 2017 I was training to take on one of the world’s toughest road Ultra-marathons, Comrades in South Africa, 56 miles, 6500 feet of climbing and usually 28-33C! The race was supposed to…

This month’s blog post has been written Matthew McLauchlan, the son of a medical physicist working in a radiotherapy department in London. Matthew wanted to fundraise for the NHS, having witnessed his mum, Ruth, continuing to work throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Here Matthew shares his story for joining the #Miles4Radiotherapy…