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​A lung cancer patient who was one of the first people to have treatment at Liverpool’s new flagship hospital is free of the disease after taking part in a clinical research trial.

New research by a team including Professor Christian Ottensmeier, Consultant Medical Oncologist at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre and Chair of Imnmuno-Oncology at the University of Liverpool, may explain why some cancer patients do not respond to a form of treatment known as checkpoint inhibitors.

Researchers in Liverpool have begun recruiting patients to a ‘first-in-human’ clinical trial of personalised ‘vaccines’ that aim to reduce the risk of head and neck cancers – which include mouth, throat, tongue and sinus cancers – from recurring.

Healthcare Support Workers (HCSWs) are hugely important to ensuring our patients at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust receive the best care, which is why we’re going to be recruiting for a number of people to fill these kind of roles over the coming weeks. To help you understand what this rewarding job involves and the type of people we’re looking for, we’re profiling some of the people who have become HCSWs at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.

The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust – which provides specialist cancer care for the 2.4m people of Cheshire and Merseyside – has appointed Julie Gray as its new Chief Nurse. Julie is currently Director of Nursing and Director of Infection Prevention & Control at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust in Manchester, where she has worked since 2005. She will take up her new role at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre in October.

From 14th – 20th June, we’re marking Nutrition & Hydration Week 2021, an annual event to highlight and celebrate improvements in the provision of nutrition and hydration locally, nationally and globally. It’s also a great opportunity to promote the value of food and drink in maintaining health and wellbeing in health and social care, something that our team of Dietitians at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre are taking advantage of.

Visiting restrictions have been reintroduced due to the rise in COVID-19 cases locally.

Health Care Support Workers (HCSWs) are hugely important to ensuring our patients at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust receive the best care, which is why we’re going to be recruiting for a number of people to fill these kind of roles over the coming weeks. To help you understand what this rewarding job involves and the type of people we’re looking for, we’re profiling some of the people who have become HCSWs at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.