Following Tessa Jowell’s call for action to improve brain tumour treatment, research and survival, the Tessa Jowell Brain Cancer Mission (TJBCM) was formed. The mission consists of passionate academics, doctors, members of cancer charities, patients, and other individuals to help facilitate a new national strategy for brain tumours.
The TJBCM serves as a convening body for these organisations, enabling them to work together to make a tangible change in brain tumour treatment and research. TJBCM is neither a charity, fundraising nor grant-awarding body.
Over the next five years, the TJBCM will focus on six strategic objectives, organised through individual Strategic Programmes. These initiatives are:
Brain Tumour Support’s Chief Executive, Emma McKeown, sits on the TJBCM Joint Strategy Board, bringing personal experience and knowledge of the profound impact on patients and families affected by all types of brain tumours.
people each day in the UK face a primary brain tumour diagnosis
different types of brain tumours, makes diagnosis and treatment complex
of people say a brain tumour has a negative impact on friendships
of people have to give up work as a result of their diagnosis
of patients experience seizures, leading to anxiety, fear and risk
of brain tumour patients have to give up leisure activities
18 October 2026
Last week was a momentous one for the brain tumour community. It brought long-awaited Government commitments, a major report and recognition of progress within NHS teams.
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14 October 2026
People living with brain cancer will get a faster route from research to treatment, under four steps set out by the Prime Minister today.
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5 October 2026
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