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About Cancer and Homelessness

Lauren Mahon returns to host this legacy episode discussing cancer and homelessness.

Lauren Mahon returns to host this legacy episode discussing cancer and homelessness.

Lauren travels to Burnley to meet with Pastor Mick from The Church on the Street, and Thomas Linford, who after years of homelessness and a liver cancer diagnosis is currently residing in Palace House Care home in Burnley.

We hear from Advanced Nurse Practitioner Sheilagh Armstrong at The Wellspring, Stockport who work with those who are homeless or at the risk of losing their home. Manager of The Wellspring, Alex Knight and Project Worker, Paul Cornwall also join Lauren in the studio.

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50 minutes

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