In the third 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 inequalities that impact people with learning disabilities.

Steve heads back to People First in Tameside to chat to Jenny Jones and Carol Lonergan from the Penine Bowel Screening Service, and Leanne, who uses the support offered by People First.

Leanne explains the barriers and challenges that she faced around attending her cervical screen while Jenny and Carol talk about the work going on in GM to better support people with learning disabilites in all aspects of their cancer journey. 

Links from this episode:

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)