The Launch of PFEBVE Cancer Support

25/10/2025
Posted by: Valerie Vaz MP
Category: News

I was pleased to speak at the launch of Pfebve Cancer Support Charity on Saturday 25 October 2025. Elliot Pfebve made medical history when he became the first person in England to receive a personalised mRNA cancer vaccine.

Elliot’s remarkable journey from Zimbabwe, surviving assassination attempts he said gave him the resilience to agree to be a pioneer.

I spoke about the inequalities in education, health and employment and recognised that the audience were predominantly BAME which is a testament to Elliot’s ability to reach out to all communities.

I thanked everyone who works in the NHS and said that it was important to fight for the NHS, free at the point of need referring to Nye Bevan who founded the NHS 77 years ago.

The Pfebve Cancer Support Charity raises awareness, fundraise, and advocate for access to novel cancer therapies and patient support services.

Elliot introduced the Mayor of Walsall Cllr Louise Harrison and the Board Members: Rev. Helen-Chaplain, Tom Chaita and Lee Wilcox.

Other speakers were Carolyn and Sophie, the nurse who looked after Elliot when he had the pioneering treatment at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

Closing Remark

“The biggest drivers of poor health aren’t found in hospitals or waiting rooms. They are in housing, income, education, community and opportunity. But leading change across all of that? It’s messy. It’s political. It’s slow. And it can be lonely.”

(Kings Fund 2025)

For more information about the charity:

https://www.pfebvecancersupport.org/

Pictured above: left- the Board and the Mayor: above right Carolyn West Midlands NHS Alliance; right Elliot with family and friends