Fight Bladder Cancer
Alison Birtle is an accomplished clinical oncologist and academic with extensive experience in cancer research and education. Currently serving as an MAHSC Honorary Clinical Chair at the Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health and an Honorary Clinical Professor at the University of Central Lancashire, Alison Birtle also holds key roles in various organizations, including Secretary for the British Uro Oncology Group and Trustee and Medical Advisor for Fight Bladder Cancer. Additionally, Alison Birtle leads the POUT Trial as Chief Investigator and has held significant positions at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust since December 2004. Between 2015 and 2024, Alison Birtle functions as the Speciality Research Lead for cancer in the North West Coast Clinical Research Network. Educational background includes studies at King's College London, and Charing Cross & Westminster Medical School, alongside early education at Lark Hill Convent Preston and Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School Blackburn.
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Fight Bladder Cancer
Fight Bladder Cancer is a dynamic, patient-led charity which, though small, has a big influence both domestically and internationally. Everyone affected by bladder cancer – patients, carers, family and friends – can come to us for support, information and advice. We ensure that someone is speaking up for these people when key decisions are made about policy, care, and research. We continue to work hard delivering the legacy of Andrew Winterbottom, a determined bladder cancer patient who saw the lack of patient leadership for bladder cancer in the UK and worked with his wife to form this charity from their garden shed in 2009. The charity has continued to grow its footprint and is reaching more patients, family-members, and healthcare professionals than ever before. We’re the only UK-based bladder cancer charity founded and governed by bladder cancer survivors and their families. We’re here to explain the medical jargon, give the facts and figures, share our tips, and tell our stories. We support everyone affected by bladder cancer, we help to raise awareness, support medical research, and we campaign to affect policy at the highest levels to bring about change. Our aim is to achieve better outcomes and quality of life for all those affected.