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The results are in and we are pleased to announce the finalists for this year’s Staff Excellence Awards 2023.

Liverpool researchers have secured £2.66m Medical Research Council funding to develop and trial a novel immunotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer which is currently one of the hardest cancers to treat. The cancer vaccine is developed using an innovative technique known as 'doggybone' DNA - so-called because the produced DNA is shaped like a dog's bone - that makes it faster to produce than other similar cancer vaccines. Professor Christian Ottensmeier - Director of Clinical Research and a Consultant Medical Oncologist at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - is the chief investigator.

Patients who took part in the CQC's National Inpatient Survey 2022 - the results of which are published today - have rated The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust one of the best hospitals in England for the fourth year running. Its flagship, Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Liverpool, was also rated the best cancer hospital nationally for inpatient care. Every patient has their own individual en-suite room with extra touches for a 'home from home' feel.

Paddington Community Diagnostic Centre (CDC) will begin offering CT scans for patients referred from Cheshire and Merseyside later this month following delivery of their new CT scanner.

John Forsey, from Wallasey in Wirral, began volunteering for The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre in January this year and along with other volunteers, plays a vital part of our Arts Programme, helping to deliver an exciting and varied range of arts to our patients and their families to improve their experience of our centres.

Don was diagnosed with blood cancer in 2017 when he was in his 80’s. But with advances in care and the support of his family, his treatment was successful. Here, his daughter Denise Chilton tells his story.

BBC News has spent time with patients and staff at The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre to find out about our unique specialist service for people with metastatic spinal cord compression (MSCC) and secondary spinal cancers - and to hear about the difference it's making to people like Robert. Watch and listen to the BBC coverage through the day including BBC Breakfast TV, BBC Radio 5 Live, BBC News, BBC Online, BBC North West and BBC Radio Merseyside.