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Samantha Dixon @sjdixon70.bsky.social · Jun 16

A great first day at the @make2ndscount.bsky.social UK summit for secondary breast cancer patients, a highlight being @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social sharing her experience of living with sbc.

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Anneliese Midgley MP @anneliesemidgleymp.bsky.social · Mar 4

🚨 The Simonswood Stink is making some of my constituents physically sick. This has gone on for years—and it's totally unacceptable.

With @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social, I’ve written to Lancashire County Council requesting an urgent meeting. The Council and Environment Agency must fix this problem now.

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Anneliese Midgley MP @anneliesemidgleymp.bsky.social · Feb 25

I met with my neighbouring MP @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social to discuss the vile smell that repeatedly descends on Kirkby from a waste facility site. We are determined to work together with our councils and the Environment Agency to solve this. I will keep constituents up to date.

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Ashley Dalton MP @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social · Feb 14

Great to be out on the #LabourDoorstep today with @lisanandymp.bsky.social for our great candidate Nikki Hennessey. People telling us they are sticking with @teamlabouruk.bsky.social

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Matthew Patrick MP @matthewpatrick.bsky.social · Feb 12

Liverpool City Region is showing great leadership with @metromayorsteve.bsky.social working to end new HIV cases by 2030.

Great that @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social today announced an extra £1.5m to extend the national prevention programme.

Let’s end new HIV cases by 2030.

@thtorguk.bsky.social

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Ashley Dalton MP @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social · Feb 5

My January newsletter is now live on my website.

Take a look to see how I’ve been working for West Lancashire at home and in Parliament.

Sign up to receive my newsletter straight to your inbox every month.

https://www.ashleydalton.uk/2025/01/22/january-2025/

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Polly Billington @pollybillington.bsky.social · Jan 28

Pensioners in France pay £2000 for health insurance, a model Nigel Farage says he’s considering. Today, Reform’s Chair wouldn’t rule that out either.

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Ashley Dalton MP @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social · Jan 25

Great to be out talking to local residents in Burscough with West Lancs Labour 🌹 today. Blue skies and great conversations.

A group of 4 people outside holding Labour Party leaflets including Ashley Dalton MP wearing a red coat and a Vote Labour rosette. The sky is bright blue with a few wispy clouds

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Stephen Morgan MP @stephenmorganmp.bsky.social · Jan 24

Over 4,000 nurseries, schools and colleges have joined the #EducationNaturePark to improve biodiversity and tackle climate change. Great to join the Nature Park Schools Forum at Natural History Museum to see how children are shaping the future of this brilliant programme

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Children North East @childrennortheast.bsky.social · Jan 22

North East Mayor @kimmcguinness.bsky.social
has launched a public consultation on local transport in the region. Complete the survey now to share your views. 🚌📝
Open until midnight on the 26th January.
www.northeast-ca.gov.uk/localtranspo...

#localtransport #shareyourviews #northeast #newcastle

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Ashley Dalton MP @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social · Jan 22

Thank you. I don’t actually think of it as a battle. It will win eventually and there’s not much I can do about that. I see it as medicine’s job to hold it back where it can and my job to defy it by living as fully as possible.

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Ashley Dalton MP @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social · Jan 22

Good luck and I hope you get good news.

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Samantha Dixon @sjdixon70.bsky.social · Jan 16

Make 2nds Count are hosting roundtable events this spring to understand the barriers faced by secondary breast cancer patients in accessing clinical trials. If you are, or know, oncologists, breast care nurses in Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Cardiff, please share with them.

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Ashley Dalton MP @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social · Jan 22

For more information on metastatic/secondary/advanced/stage 4 breast cancer go to make2ndscount.co.uk @make2ndscount.bsky.social

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Make 2nds Count :: Giving hope to those affected by secondary breast cancer

make2ndscount.co.uk

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Ashley Dalton MP @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social · Jan 22

There are many kinds of breast cancer and not all treatments are for all breast cancers. My cancer is triple negative so will not respond to hormonal treatments. How anyone responds to treatment depends on type of cancer and their own unique genetic set up. My cancer is as unique as I am.

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Ashley Dalton MP @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social · Jan 22

I have an incurable cancer but that doesn’t mean I’m about to die or that I am feeling poorly. My treatment has made my cancer stable for now. I will work and play as I always did.

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Ashley Dalton MP @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social · Jan 22

Treatments can control but not cure the cancer.

My recent treatment was surgery. That has controlled it for now. I will probably need other treatments in the future as and when the cancer becomes detectable again.

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Ashley Dalton MP @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social · Jan 22

No evidence of disease or active disease (NED or NEAD) does not mean cured. It means right now imaging and testing shows either no detectable cancers or the cancers there are aren’t currently growing.

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Ashley Dalton MP @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social · Jan 22

I cannot “beat this”.
There is no cure for metastatic breast cancer. It’s also known as advanced, secondary or stage 4. The only way I beat it is by dying of something else first.

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Ashley Dalton MP @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social · Jan 22

Since announcing my diagnosis of metastatic breast cancer a few weeks ago I’ve become increasingly aware of how misunderstood the condition is.

So I want to debunk a few misconceptions:

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Mike McGunigle @gixer71.bsky.social · Jan 21

Thank you @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social for attending the drop in and showing your support. The sooner we can get people resentanced the better.

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Ashley Dalton MP @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social · Jan 9

Moving forward, I hope to work with breast cancer charities and support organisations to raise awareness of metastatic breast cancer.

To find out more about the support available to anyone living with a breast cancer diagnosis, you can find out more at Breast Cancer Now. breastcancernow.org

We're Breast Cancer Now

We’re here to change the lives of people affected by breast cancer. How? By combining the power of research and support.

breastcancernow.org

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Ashley Dalton MP @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social · Jan 9

I want to give you an update on my health.

www.youtube.com/shorts/e6pkX...

I want to give you an update on my health

YouTube video by Ashley Dalton MP

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Ashley Dalton MP @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social · Jan 6

So proud to sit behind the safeguarding minister @jessphillipsmp.bsky.social and Home Secretary @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social today to support the statement on Child Sexual Exploitation & Abuse. These women are driving real action to tackle these appalling crimes with sincerity, dignity and resolve.

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Ashley Dalton MP @ashleydaltonmp.bsky.social · Jan 6

Today the Prime Minister will announce concrete plans to put the NHS on the road to recovery. This is a government for the long term and getting our NHS back to long term health. www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

Keir Starmer: I will not let our NHS die — this is my prescription

This new year I am resolved to reverse the decline and make the health service fit for the future

www.thetimes.com

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