Womb Cancer awareness Posted or Updated on 10 Mar 2025

 

The South East London Cancer Alliance has partnered with the UK health charity The Eve Appeal to relaunch the You Need to Know campaign, to raise awareness of the symptoms of womb cancer and encourage people to speak to their GP if they have symptoms of concern.

 

In the UK, over 9,000 people are diagnosed with womb cancer each year and cases are rising. The risk of womb cancer increases with age, and the main symptom is bleeding after the menopause.

 

The You Need to Know campaign was developed in 2024 by The North East London Cancer Alliance in response to data which demonstrated that Black and Asian women in North East London were proportionally more likely to be diagnosed with womb cancer at stage 4 (late) rather than at stage 1 (early).

 

In South East London, our communities also experience a higher proportion of late stage diagnosis when compared to other parts of England.

 

The aim of the campaign is to help women living in South East London to recognise the symptoms and get checked by a doctor. The earlier the condition is diagnosed, the more successful the treatment is likely to be.

 

Similar to the first phase of the campaign – which ran last summer– activities will include a targeted campaign across social media and public education workshops, led by The Eve Appeal, with local community groups across South East London.

 

The social media campaign will run from 17th February until early March. Please share the link to our campaign landing page and suggested social media posts here across your channels and with colleagues across your networks.

 

Our campaign landing page also includes posters (example below) and leaflets that can be printed and displayed in GP practices, hospitals, community centres, shops and businesses across south east London.

 

 

Please contact Zara Gross, Senior Programme Lead for Early Diagnosis at the South East London Cancer Alliance (Zara.Gross@gstt.nhs.uk) and Sabrina Palanee, Communications Manager at the South East London Cancer Alliance (Sabrina.Palanee@gstt.nhs.uk)