‘I am not afraid’ Tessa Jowell and her selfless fight against brain cancer and NHS policy

RADIO 4’s flagship current affairs show the Today programme broadcasts interactions with politicians on a daily basis but yesterday it ran an interview with a difference. The guest was former culture secretary Tessa Jowell and she was on not to parrot a party line but to speak very personally about her life and plans since […]

'I am not afraid' Tessa Jowell and her selfless fight against brain cancer and NHS policy

In a profoundly moving interview Baroness Jowell, 70, made it clear that she was determined to use her experience to help others by fighting for the rights of NHS patients to trial more innovative cancer treatments available in other countries.  “I feel every single bit of my determination to go on creating better opportunities for […]

Tessa Jowell brain cancer: Symptoms of disease that’s affecting former Minister

Tessa Jowell isn’t afraid of her brain cancer, she revealed this morning. She was diagnosed with high-grade brain cancer in May 2017, and has been told there’s no further treatment she can have on the NHS. Jowell wants cancer patients to be able to trial potential treatments and therapies. “Shall I tell you something? I […]