Julie Tucker, North East and Cumbria Learning Disability Network

Julie is the Macmillan Project Manager for the North East and Cumbria Learning Disability Network cancer project.
The project focuses on improving services and experiences for people with a learning disability, their families and carers, along the whole cancer pathway.

New bowel cancer screening easy guide published thanks to input from our experts by experience

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Composite image made up of 4 photos of people with learning disabilities looking at and commenting on draft screening materials at a workshop held by the North East and Cumbria Learning Disability Network

Today, PHE Screening has published its updated national easy guide to bowel cancer screening in collaboration with the North East and Cumbria Learning Disability Network, Macmillan Cancer Project and Bowel Cancer UK.

North East experts by experience help develop new screening easy guides

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Publications and information manager Mike Harris showing the draft bowel cancer screening easy guide to expert by experience Leanne and support worker Michelle

Find out how experts by experience from the North East and Cumbria provided vital input into the development of new national easy guides for cervical and bowel cancer screening.