Macmillan Campaigns

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  • Working Through Cancer

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    FormerMember

    The festive season is over, everyone is back in the office, and resolutions are being stuck too, but you can do one more good thing to start the New Year and remind employers not to forget their legal responsibilities towards people diagnosed with cancer.

    Each year 109,000 people of working age are diagnosed with cancer in the UK. In fact, there are more than 700,000 people of working age living with a cancer diagnosis…

  • A quick survey for those who wish to return to work

    FormerMember
    FormerMember
    Hi there! For many people, remaining in their job or returning to work, during or after cancer treatment, is important to them. Macmillan Cancer Support want to ensure people affected by cancer feel supported in their decisions and that employees and managers have the information and support they need to work through cancer.
    The Working Through Cancer campaign team have put together a quick survey for people who have had…
  • Unlock the cancer drug fund

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    Hi everyone,

    You may have seen in the news today that NICE has denied the drug Everolimus as a treatment for metastatic renal cell carcinoma (advanced kidney cancer).  I am disappointed with this decision as we think that everyone should be able to get the treatment they need no matter what cancer they have.

     

    The government recently announced that they plan to introduce a £200 million cancer drug fund. There is a consultation…

  • Get involved in our campaign to improve access to 24/7 community nursing

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    FormerMember

    Are you a partner/husband/wife/parent/parent/child/friend/grandchild of someone who has passed way from cancer. Did they want to die to home, but this was not possible due to 24/7 community nursing not being in place?

    If so we would love you to help get involved with our campaign to demand access to 24 hour community nursing at home for all cancer patients with a terminal diagnosis during the last stage of their life…

  • Cancer in the workplace

    FormerMember
    FormerMember
    Last month a new Act of Parliament came into effect across England, Scotland and Wales.  It might have happened fairly quietly but the Equality Act 2010 is hugely significant for people of working age who are affected by cancer.
    The Act extends the protections, formerly in the Disability Discrimination Act, to people in work who are diagnosed with cancer and includes new protections for carers.  It covers all aspects of…