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Cancern North announce their new Network Coordinator.

Cancern North, a network of over 140 organisations across the North East and North Cumbria that links charities and organisations that provide care, services, and support for people affected by Cancer has announced its new Network Coordinator.

Lorna Joisce has taken up the role of Coordinator with funding secured from Macmillan for the next three years. Her role will be to coordinate members such as Coping with Cancer North East, Healthworks Newcastle, Macmillan Joining the Dots County Durham, Children’s Cancer North, Northern Cancer Voices and iCan Health & Fitness Cumbria.

Cancern North is working towards a more collaborative approach for cancer care across the region with improvements to referrals, signposting, and access to services available for anyone affected by a diagnosis. It promotes more joined up thinking with members for new funding from the NHS and other bodies to increase the scope of services across the region.

Before her current position, Lorna led on multiple networking events and exhibitions in the private sector, working in partnerships with marketing teams from different industries. Her core experience is with leading and managing large teams of people in customer experience, sales, and operations, focusing on quality and service through building trust and collaboration. Lorna says “I am delighted to have been appointed as the new Coordinator and look forward to taking this challenge on. I look forward to meeting everyone and developing Cancern for the long-term support for anyone affected by cancer”.

In October 2023, Cancern North held its first event for members to come together with over 100 attendees. The event reflected on the growth stages of the network’s first few years and formulating ideas and plans. The day was a huge success with positive feedback from all and the network will look to hold further events across all four new NHS North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board (ICB) geographical areas to help with awareness and access to services for all.

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Keith Newman .