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Bowel cancer charities to merge

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Bowel cancer charities to merge

Bowel Cancer UK and Beating Bowel Cancer have announced a merger, with the aim of saving more lives, improving quality of life and supporting all those affected by bowel cancer in the UK. It is hoped that by joining forces they will accelerate progress to ensure that by 2050 no-one will die from bowel cancer.

The new charity, which will be the UK’s leading bowel cancer charity, has set out an ambitious ten year pledge, which includes transforming survival rates from only one in every two people surviving bowel cancer over five years, to three out of four people surviving.

The charity, which will become a legally merged organisation from early January 2018 and have a new name and logo unveiled later in the year, will be headed up by Bowel Cancer UK’s current chief executive, Deborah Alsina MBE, and chaired by Patrick Figgis, Beating Bowel Cancer trustee and global leader, health at PwC.

The charity will focus on four key areas:

  • Enabling and supporting research
  • Providing support and information for patients and their families each step of the way
  • Transforming awareness and understanding of the disease
  • Campaigning for early diagnosis and best treatment and care for all.

Commenting on the collaboration, Mr Figgis said: “Both Boards of Trustees unanimously welcome this merger as the best opportunity to achieve our shared vision of a world where no one dies of bowel cancer. As a Board we will support the establishment of an ambitious but achievable strategic plan to help us deliver our purpose and realise our ambition. We already have exciting plans for 2018 including awarding our first research grants and digital development of our patient and carer services.”

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