Macmillan Cancer Support and Cancerbackup to merge
Howard Lake | 12 January 2008 | News
Macmillan Cancer Support and Cancerbackup have announced that they have agreed to merge with effect from about six weeks time.
Following the transfer of Cancerbackup to Macmillan Cancer Support, two of Cancerbackup’s existing trustees, including Dr Maurice Slevin, currently Chairman of Cancerbackup, will join the expanded Board of Macmillan Cancer Support.
Dr Slevin said: “The combined strength of Cancerbackup’s information and Macmillan’s comprehensive services, and the fact that it is a household name, will vastly improve the delivery of cancer information. Together we are creating the opportunity to ensure that everyone in the UK affected by cancer will receive the highest quality information at the time they want and in the way that they want. I am also confident that our expert staff will continue to provide high quality information to reduce the fear and uncertainty of living with cancer.”
www.cancerbackup.org.uk
www.macmillan.org.uk
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