Brain Tumour Research yesterday participated in the Heath Charity Showcase at Conservative Party Conference, alongside colleagues from across the health landscape.
This followed on from the hugely successful event at Labour Party Conference, organised by Hanover Communications, providing health charities with an opportunity to share recommendations, research, and stories of lived experience.
Shadow Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Victoria Atkins, thanked the charities present for “helping people with some of the most complex, and also most difficult, most painful, most stressful conditions.”
She added that choosing from the charity participants was like “choosing between your favourite children” and how proud she was to have worked with every single one of them during her time at the Department of Health.
Ms. Atkins struck a positive tone, with her remarks, saying: “You are part of the future, and the cures for the future.”
At Conference, Ms. Atkins said she had spent a lot of time speaking to people in the Life Sciences sector because she believed “in the power of science”, and had absolute confidence that scientists could push the boundaries of research to create important breakthroughs.
The Shadow Health Secretary ended by saying that she would hold the Government to account but would also work with them constructively “to ensure we get the best results for the people you’re looking after, and the families of loved ones suffering from these conditions.”
Our Policy and Public Affairs Manager Thomas Brayford said: “When charities come together, at such events, they bring with them all of their expertise and experience, and it is truly empowering.
"I thank the Shadow Secretary of State for attending the event, for appreciating the work that’s going on, and for realising the potential. Together we will find a cure for brain tumours.”
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Published Wednesday 2nd October 2024.