Essex pharmacies take the lead in skin and bowel cancer awareness
Minister of state for health Simon Burns visited Colecross Pharmacy in Chelmsford on Friday to launch the official report of an Essex-wide skin and bowel cancer awareness campaign that ran in April and May this year.The project, which ran in collaboration with Essex Cancer NEtwork distributed more than 8,500 leaflets and initiated more than 4,500 conversations about the dangers of skin and bowel cancer.On the back of the success, Essex Cancer Network and the LPC are planning a set of e-learning packages for skin, bowel and lung cancer to further assist pharmacists and counter staff in raising awareness and early detection of these cancers.The full report is available at www.essexlpc.org.uk or www.essexcn.nhs.ukFor the full LPC release, click here.