This week sees the new NHS come into force, and represents the biggest shake up of the NHS in its 60 year history.
NHS England will now be responsible for running the system, and Macmillan Cancer Support will be asking them to agree to
Macmillan has been campaigning to make sure more people have
access to free social care in the last weeks of life so that they are able to
die at home if they so choose. We know that most people with cancer at the end of their life want to spend their last weeks and days at home, in a familiar place surrounded by loved ones. But right now, only 29% of people are able to do so.
Today, our campaign made significant progress…
As reported in The Guardian, the Welfare Benefits Up-Rating Bill could penalise cancer patients by stopping benefits rising with inflation.
If the Bill is passed, we’ve calculated that by 2015, people with cancer claiming Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) will lose up…
Earlier this week, I went along to a roundtable discussion event
in Parliament organised by Macmillan to talk about free social care at the end
of life. This event was part of our campaign, calling for all patients at the
end of life to get the social care support they need to allow them to be cared
for at home until they die if they so choose.
Macmillan, along with five other national charities – the
Motor Neurone…
We know that most people with cancer at the end of their life want to spend their last weeks and days at home, in a familiar place surrounded by loved ones. But right now, only 27% of people are able to do so. That’s why we’ve launched our latest campaign action asking the government in England to offer free social care to everyone at the end of life.
The government has said that it sees ‘much merit…
