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By Jonathon Barnett
left to right: Dave Lowe, managing director at MC Construction with Alastair Richards, CEO at North West Cancer Research. A CONSTRUCTION company is set to raise £10,000 for North West Cancer Research to mark its 50th anniversary. The golden anniversary challenge will see MC Construction s employees come together to walk, run, cycle or swim a combined total of 10,700 miles – which is the distance from its headquarters in Salford to Australia’s Gold Coast. As well as the golden anniversary challenge, a calendar of bespoke fundraising activities is planned throughout the year, including an 11,000 ft sky dive for six of the firm’s daredevil employees in May.
Alastair Richards, CEO of North West Cancer Research Tenovus Cancer Care and North West Cancer Research (NWCR) are delighted to announce the joint funding of a new research project that aims to improve early cancer diagnosis, particularly for vulnerable groups. The Covid-19 pandemic has led to the widespread use of remote (telephone and video) consulting by GPs and other primary care providers. For some patients, this type of consultation will be acceptable, and they may even prefer this approach. However, for others it may mean that they delay seeking help, which could lead to a less positive outcome. Vulnerable groups such as older people, people living in deprived areas or people from black, Asian and minority groups already face more and different barriers when seeking help, and often only seek help when their cancer is at a more advanced stage.