The Greater Manchester Cancer Podcast

In the fourth episode of a series dedicated to exploring the health inequalities that exist in our cancer system in Greater Manchester, host Steve Bland and guests discuss how deprivation impacts cancer outcomes in the region, explore the issues around deprivation and health and ask, why does deprivation play such a big role in creating health inequalities?

Steve's guests in this episode are:
Gemma Knox, an Advanced Nurse Practioner at the Glodwick Medical Practice
Dr Mary Marshall, a GP at the Village Medical Practice
Dan Clark, Health Inequalities Project Manager, GM Cancer Alliance

Links from this series:

AskDoc Bowel Cancer Screening - YouTube
Breast Cancer Now information about breast screening-  https://breastcancernow.org/about-breast-cancer/screening-tests-and-scans/breast-screening/
Jo’s Trust information about cervical screening - https://www.jostrust.org.uk/information/cervical-screening/what-is-cervical-screening
Bowel Cancer UK information about bowel screening - https://www.bowelcanceruk.org.uk/about-bowel-cancer/screening/
Bee Seen Get Screened - https://www.answercancergm.org.uk/bee-seen/ 
People First (Tameside)
GM Cancer Alliance

What is The Greater Manchester Cancer Podcast?

Across cancer services in Greater Manchester, amazing work is happening every day. Frontline staff, managers, clinical leaders and people affected by cancer work together with the simple focus of making sure that every person throughout Greater Manchester is able to access a world class cancer service.

This podcast is all about sharing some of the work going on with the wider Greater Manchester Cancer workforce – that’s thousands of people across all areas of Greater Manchester, working in many different roles - and giving some of the fantastic people who do that work the opportunity to share their experiences with everyone.

In each episode, presenter Steve Bland (from the BBC podcast You, Me and the Big C) will focus on a different topic and talk to some amazing guests so if there's anyone you'd like to hear from or a topic you want to see covered, please get in touch.

For more information about GM Cancer visit www.gmcancer.org.uk.