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A squad of Network Rail colleagues is aiming to cycle from Euston to Glasgow in support of Anthony Nolan, the charity combatting blood disease.

Paul Bavington, infrastructure maintenance delivery manager at London Euston, and his team of cyclists will clock up the 400-mile route on bicycles mounted on static turbo machines on the concourse at Birmingham New Street station on Tuesday April 9. The aim of the event is to raise cash and awareness and get passers-by to sign up as stem cell donors.

Anthony Nolan has today published its Gender Pay Gap Report 2017/18.

New findings from Anthony Nolan’s flagship Patient/Donor project have shown that sometimes a perfect match isn’t always successful, and sometimes other matches are.

#findamatchforLilya calls on people across the UK to join the Anthony Nolan register

A 12-year-old from Nottingham is calling on people across the UK to join the Anthony Nolan register and give hope to others, like her, in need of lifesaving stem cell transplants. 

Lilya Coleman Jones’ father, Martin Coleman, took her to the GP in November 2018 because she had been feeling unwell. Tests revealed Lilya had acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ETP-ALL) a rare and aggressive form of blood cancer. 

 NHS Scotland has agreed to fund a new drug that will improve the recovery of over half of stem cell transplant patients, after a lengthy consultation with Anthony Nolan. 

The Scottish Medicine Consortium (SMC) has announced that Letermovir (Prevymis) which is used to prevent a virus called cytomegalovirus (CMV) from causing serious illness in patients after stem cell transplant, has been approved as of today. The decision follows calls from patients, clinical experts and Anthony Nolan. 

It’s not every day you get to meet the person who saved your life, but Laura Regan from Cockburnspath in the Scottish Borders had that opportunity when she was united with the anonymous person who donated their stem cells to give her a second chance of life for a soon-to-air episode of ITV’s This Time Next Year. 

Blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan has welcomed the inclusion of stem cell donation in new Health Education guidelines. Plans set out this week by the Education Secretary Damian Hinds MP confirm that, from September 2020, all secondary school pupils across England have the opportunity to learn about stem cell donation.

Henny Braund, Chief Executive of Anthony Nolan said:

'We are delighted that the Department for Education has included stem cell donation in its new Health Education guidelines.

Blood cancer charity Anthony Nolan has recruited its first transplant clinical psychologists in a ground-breaking move to better support transplant patients’ mental as well as physical health.

The three posts, a children’s transplant psychologist based in Greater Glasgow and Clyde hospital and two adult transplant psychologists based St Bartholomew’s Hospital in London and Southampton General Hospital will allow transplant patients to access targeted psychological care raising the standard of post-transplant care around the country.

There’s nothing more five-year old Oscar Saxelby-Lee likes more than running around, getting muddy and playing football outdoors. But Oscar has spent a significant amount of time indoors at hospital because he needs a lifesaving stem cell transplant. 

Oscar, who recently celebrated his fifth birthday, was diagnosed with T- cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia in December 2018. He is currently being treated at Birmingham Children’s Hospital with regular blood transfusions. 

A mother from Fort William is calling for more people to sign up as potential stem cell donors, after her daughter was diagnosed with an extremely rare cancer and told she urgently needs a stem cell transplant. 

Chloe Purvis, who is just nine years old, was diagnosed with MDS (myelodysplastic syndrome), a rare type of blood cancer, at the end of last year. The average age for someone to be diagnosed with MDS is 75 years old, so it’s extremely unusual for a child to receive this diagnosis.