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James Whale Blog - April 2008
I was delighted to hear the news that people aged between 40 and 74 in England are to be given free health screening in a bid to identify those at risk of the vascular diseases which kill up to 170,000 people a year. >>

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NICE is recruiting new members to independent advisory committees on the use of health technologies.
The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) is recruiting new members to its independent advisory Appraisal Committee. Members of the Committee are drawn from the NHS, healthcare professionals, patients and carers, and the academic world. >>

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Carol Vorderman supports UK Patient Survey
The James Whale Fund for Kidney Cancer is undertaking the first ever patient survey into kidney cancer in the UK and we need your help to reach people who have been touched by kidney cancer. >>

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Comment From: James Whale
Chairman, The James Whale Fund for Kidney Cancer >>

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Cancer victim DJ told surgeons: 'If my kidney is too far gone don't wake me up!'
Moira Petty, Daily Mail
Read online >>

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Appeal to Blair over £14,000 cancer drug