Earlier this year, Jo wrote a piece on a wish for ‘palliative care’ to be renamed ‘supportive care‘ because it is so intrinsically tied in most people’s minds with ‘end
What’s in a name? Palliative Care? Supportive Care?
METUP-UK Member @drbexl talks about being a ‘good enough cancer patient’ on @iamwillonline podcast
METUP-UK member Bex Lewis was pleased to be invited to join Will Taylor’s ‘Good Enough’ podcast, off the back of social media content talking about the problematic nature of talking
METUPUK member @drbexl talks hope and grief with @HopefulActivism podcast
Last week METUPUK activist Bex Lewis spoke to Abigail Thomas for the Christian podcast – ‘The Hopeful Activists‘ – around the theme of grief and h0pe within the cancer experience:
Featured in @TechForGoodLive Newsletter
METUPUK member Bex Lewis has loved attending ‘Tech for Good‘ sessions in Manchester for many years (the events started in 2016), and has enjoyed hearing speakers from NHS Digital amongst
The tyranny of ‘pink positivity’; @METUPUKorg #IAmThe31 campaign features in @MailOnline (@ABCDiagnosis, @drbexl, @TassiaHaines, @ohgoshem)
The article starts: They are the women who are dying from secondary breast cancer – but feel ignored by the charities set out to help them. From being labelled the
Statistics, Damn Lies and Statistics? Are you going to #WearItPink?
Today is #WearItPink Day headed by Breast Cancer Now: ‘They sat me down and gave me those three horrible words… I went into hospital on Tuesday at 9am and by
#IAmThe31: 31 Days? 31 Activities? 3.1 Distances? 31 People :-(
It’s October, it’s still Breast Cancer Awareness Month, although Secondary Breast Cancer Awareness Day has been and gone… but we’re still very much living with that reality every day. The
Member @drbexl talks cancer and COVID-19 with the BBC
Over the past week, METUP-UK member Bex Lewis has appeared on BBC Radio 5, BBC Radio 4, and BBC Radio Manchester, talking about the real-world impact for those of us
Member @drbexl talks cancer and COVID with @PremierRadio, whilst ‘stranded’ in New Zealand
This morning member Bex Lewis spoke to John Pantry from Premier Christian Radio from Vaughan Park in New Zealand, where she had won a two-month writing scholarship (and break from