John Jones, an 84-year-old retired engineer, has volunteered for 35 years, playing the accordion to entertain patients and visitors at Macclesfield District General Hospital. He has raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for East Cheshire NHS Charity, including money for a family room in the intensive care unit.
Marie Tilley from Arberth found a breast lump in 2017 at the age of 38 and, after a year of being turned away, insisted on a mammogram that confirmed breast cancer. She has since recovered, works as a barber in Arberth and has started a support group with around 30 members.
Tom Conroy, who is 90, still spends an hour and a half in the gym every day and goes on three walks daily. His activity has helped him through health challenges, including cancer, and he has long used exercise to help young people in his community.
Perfume entrepreneur Jo Malone has donated £100,000 to Medical Detection Dogs in Milton Keynes to speed up work on the SniffSpace electronic nose, which is modelled on dogs' scent-detection abilities. The charity plans to install the device in the coming months so its dogs can sniff more samples and generate more robust data. Scientists hope it could help the NHS identify cancer in patients earlier.
