We want to show you our new report Making the shift: providing specialist work support to people with cancer. In this report, we ask government to improve specialist work support for people with cancer.
Not everyone can work…
From today (8 April 2013) the new Personal Independence Payment (PIP) comes into effect in certain parts of the country. It replaces Disability Living Allowance (DLA) which helps people with the additional costs of living with a disability or long term health condition.
We know that many people with cancer rely on DLA to help them cover additional costs, such as frequent trips to the hospital for treatment.
Currently…
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…
