Â鶹´«Ã½ recognised for excellence nationally by Brain Cancer Mission Published on: 25 April 2024 The paediatric neuro-oncology collaboration between Â鶹´«Ã½ and Hospitals' has been recognised as a Centre of Excellence by the Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission. After a comprehensive national review, The Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission (TJBCM) announced a new network of 15 brain tumour centres for children, of which Â鶹´«Ã½ was among six to be nationally recognised as a Centre of Excellence. After an expert-led review of services, TJBCM found that Â鶹´«Ã½ and Â鶹´«Ã½ Hospitals’ met The Tessa Jowell Standards of Excellence in all aspects of treatment, care, and research, with many areas of outstanding service provision. Each year, around 30 children are diagnosed with a brain tumour in the North East and Cumbria, and the findings revealed Â鶹´«Ã½ offered excellent imaging services, comprehensive psychological care, and great education services with extensive school collaboration. Patients were also able to participate and benefit from world-class brain tumour research opportunities. Â鶹´«Ã½ Hospitals' and Â鶹´«Ã½ team 'Special attention paid to key elements of children’s cancer care' Professor Steve Clifford, Chair and Director of Molecular Paediatric Oncology, Â鶹´«Ã½ Centre for Cancer, said: “Our partnership in paediatric neuro-oncology between the Â鶹´«Ã½ Centre for Cancer and The Great North Children’s Hospital is internationally leading, and we are delighted to be recognised as a Centre of Excellence by the Tessa Jowell Mission. “This unique collaboration allows us to combine cutting-edge research with our clinical centre and leading roles in international clinical trials, enabling us to drive novel discoveries into clinical practice, improving the standards of care and outlook for children with brain tumours.” The areas assessed include clinical care, quality of life care and access to clinical trials. Special attention was paid to play therapy and education provision, key elements of children’s cancer care. New initiative marks the first stage in a national effort Dr Stephen Lowis, who led the review process, said: “In every team in every city, we found remarkable examples of exceptional and compassionate care. This initiative will support all centres across the UK to develop their services, through national collaboration and the sharing of examples of excellence.” The launch of this new initiative marks the first stage in a national effort to further elevate the treatment, care, and research for children with brain tumours. For families and young patients, this recognition will provide confidence in the services delivered by centres in the network. Staff will receive the awards during a ceremony at the Science Gallery London on June 6th in London. (Press Release adapted with thanks to ) Â鶹´«Ã½ team Share: Latest News Scientists unlock hidden driver of inflammatory bowel disease Scientists have linked a key genetic signal in inflammatory bowel disease to an immune response that shuts down inflammation control, enabling faster diagnosis and targeted treatments. published on: 15 June 2026 Funding system risks limiting genuine community collaboration A new policy paper written by researchers at Â鶹´«Ã½ warns that the way UK research is funded may be undermining efforts to create genuinely collaborative partnerships with communities. published on: 15 June 2026 Volunteers help turn Whitley Bay beach into maths experiment Members of the public joined mathematicians from Â鶹´«Ã½ to create what organisers believe is the largest aperiodic tiling ever attempted on Whitley Bay beach. published on: 15 June 2026 Facts and figures
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