Winter News 2013 - Beating Bowel Cancer

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Welcome 2012 – what a year January saw the first national TV and radio bowel cancer awareness campaign and our parliamentary reception hosted in the magnificent Speaker’s State Apartments. In April, we were very proud of our fantastic runners in the London Marathon and more patients than ever attended our Patient Day. In the summer, our patron Matt Dawson was well and truly challenged in a Dragon Boat Race by Bowel Cancer Voice Debbie Puxty. In October, 70 colorectal nurses gathered to attend their national conference organised by our Patient Services team. And what an amazing end to the year with over 700 men and women joining our band of beardys! Demand for our patient services keeps rising. More patients than ever have contacted our helpline and visited us online. So what does this year hold? This month we’ll be launching our Patient Service Pledge, setting out the minimum standard of care and treatment that should be delivered to everyone diagnosed with bowel cancer. From March, everyone aged 55 in six pilot areas in England will be invited to take part in flexible sigmoidoscopy screening, so please make sure you take it up if you are offered it. Patients are still being denied treatment from which they could benefit. This year we have a clear goal to urgently address the inequality between nations which means that life-changing drugs are restricted for use in Scotland and Wales, but routinely given over the border in England. None of this work would be possible without your generous support. So in 2013 we have some amazing ways for you to raise funds. With the success of our community fundraisers in the Midlands and the North West, we are committed to growing a team of them in other areas of the country. In August, we will be one of only thirty charities to benefit from RideLondon, nicknamed the ‘marathon on wheels’. If you’re a cyclist then this is the event for you. Plus at the end of the year we need you to help us make the next Decembeard even bigger and better. Wishing you a Happy New Year. Mark Flannagan Chief Executive Beating Bowel Cancer 2 www.beatingbowelcancer.org
Highlights What’s inside… 5 – Patients struggle to get travel insurance Find out how our new partnership could help 8 – Patient Day is back See what's happening at this year’s event 10 – Dragon Boat Race Read about our patron, Matt Dawson’s, tough challenge 13 – Our Beardy month Find out what happened when we challenged our supporters to ‘sport a beard’ 14 – Thank you Just some of our supporters’ fantastic achievements www.beatingbowelcancer.org 3
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