For Orla Hyland, who was diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2021, the story starts back in 1981. “Our lovely neighbour collected my younger sister and me from school on the last day before the Easter holidays. She was crying when she arrived. She said our mum was in hospital. Mum died on Easter Sunday just over a week later,” she recalls.
Labour Party local election candidate Mike Kennedy has welcomed his party’s proposal that would see all workers given paid time off when undergoing cancer scans.
Cancer survivors should have legal protection to ensure they are not discriminated against when it comes to financial products such as life insurance, an international conference has heard.
Where you live can signal if you are more likely to die of cancer, as new figures show five-year survival rates in the most deprived areas are still just 59pc – 9pc lower than in affluent parts of the country.