Woman with nine brain tumours backs funding call
Laura Critchley, a 40-year-old mother diagnosed with nine brain tumours, is advocating for increased government funding for brain tumour research. She is supporting a charity's goal to raise annual investment to £45 million by 2029.
Why it matters
Personal stories like Critchley's are often used to drive public policy changes and increase awareness for underfunded medical research.
Image source, Laura Critchley/Brain Tumour Research Image caption, Laura Critchley was a special needs education director before her brain tumour diagnosis
A woman diagnosed with nine brain tumours after becoming confused during a work meeting has backed a charity's call for more money to be put into research.
Laura Critchley, from Swinton, underwent surgery to remove five growths, but doctors said four were inoperable and predicted more were likely to appear.
The 40-year-old mother-of-two is supporting Brain Tumour Research's appeal for an increase in national investment into research to at least £45m a year by 2029.
The Department of Health and Social Care said its new National Cancer Plan would work to provide faster access to clinical trials and develop innovations such as the rapid brain tumour test to "transform treatment" for patients.
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