Cancer Central was an award-winning HealthTech charity formed entirely by volunteers.
Its AI platform supported more than 10,000 people to find essential information and support.
Created through the generosity of more than 300 individuals and 60 organisations who collectively donated over 70,000 hours, representing 97% of the £2.7m total contributions. Cancer Central transferred its technical and intellectual insights, including a cancer specific natural language processing model, to the Cancer Awareness Trust. These insights formed part of the foundation of the global Cancer Platform co-founded by Sir Chris Evans. Following this transition, Cancer Central was formally closed.
During Covid 19, Cancer Central’s Ask Ave chatbot solution assisted NHS Scotland by handling over 1 million Covid related enquiries. This partnership empowered NHS Scotland to swiftly expand its capacity and manage the surge in public demand for information.
The following Greatest Hits video is a heartfelt tribute to everyone who supported Cancer Central.
Awards received
Entrepreneur of the Year 2019 Women in IT Awards.
Digital Leaders HealthTech Innovation of the Year 2019.
Best Public Sector Project, Computing Digital Technology Leaders 2021 and Best Cloud-Native Project in the international Cloud Awards 2022.
A partnership that empowered NHS Scotland to swiftly expand its capacity, efficiently handling the surge in enquires during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Our mission was to help people affected by cancer to find the support and information they needed.
Cancer Central C.I.O. was a registered charity in England and Wales No. 1202482.
Residual funds have been transferred to Brain Tumour Research in memory of Nicole (Registered charity number 1153487 in England and Wales, and SC046840 in Scotland).
This domain is now voluntarily managed by M Mallett, to maintain the legacy of Cancer Central following its closure.