Shropshire and Telford & Wrekin is the latest part of the West Midlands to go live with a Lung Cancer Screening Service.
It is the sixth service in the region to become operational.
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The West Midlands Cancer Alliance (WMCA) is celebrating a major milestone in professional development: 100 members of the cancer workforce have now signed up to the e-Portfolio platform!
This achievement marks a significant step forward in building a stronger, more connected, and better-supported workforce across the region.
The West Midlands Cancer Alliance (WMCA), together with Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board (ICB), was proud to support His Majesty’s Prison Stafford at its first-ever Health and Wellbeing Fayre.
It was a lively and engaging event bringing essential health information directly to people in custody.
November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month and lung cancer is a condition everyone should be aware of.
In the West Midlands 179 people have benefited from early detection through lung cancer screening in the last 12 months. Many had no symptoms.
A new mobile cervical cancer screening service funded by the West Midlands Cancer Alliance across Birmingham and Solihull was showcased at the weekend (Saturday November 29).
Kafilla Munir, ICB Cancer Partnership Improvement Manager said: "The launch was a great success and we hope that by bringing screening closer to the community and directly into neighbourhoods, we can improve access to screening and early diagnosis and help reduce barriers."
The West Midlands Cancer Alliance is proud to announce funding for 17 grassroots community projects across the region. 💜
The West Midlands Cancer Alliance (WMCA) exhibited for the first time this year at Best Practice Birmingham & Respiratory Professional Care 2025 - the UK’s leading event for primary and respiratory care professionals at the NEC, Birmingham.
This #BlackHistoryMonth, we’re shining a light on the experiences of Black women and breast cancer — and the urgent need for greater awareness, earlier diagnosis, and culturally sensitive care.
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One of those is prostate cancer – a disease that affects Black men at higher rates and often with more severe outcomes.
One significant area of concern is cancer, and that’s why Prostate Cancer UK and West Midlands Cancer Alliance are joining forces to champion Black health equity.
Around 6,200 people were found to be at a high risk of developing lung cancer, with scans diagnosing a total of 41 people with stage 1 or 2 lung cancer so far.
In the West Midlands, we know too many families are touched by breast cancer. But with earlier diagnosis, better access to screening, and advances in treatment, more women and men are surviving and living well after breast cancer.
The Best Practice Birmingham brings together the Primary Care community for learning, collaboration, and innovation across two days. The event is designed to highlight the latest developments in General Practice and features expert-led seminars, interactive workshops, and exhibitions. It is an event for GP’s, practice managers and the wider primary care teams and offers a valuable networking experience as well as an opportunity to shape the future of General Practice.
Calling at stops across the Black Country, Coventry and Warwickshire, Birmingham and Solihull, and Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, the mobile bus aims to bring accessible health services and information into communities.
Residents are being encouraged to climb on at their nearest stop to talk to professionals about the importance of cancer screening, learn how to check themselves for different cancers, receive routine health checks and find support to help them live the healthiest possible life.
Each hour long session will be led by OUTpatients, the UK's LGBTIQ+ cancer charity, and session content will be useful to both clinical and non-clinical colleagues.