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  • Life after the election......

    FormerMember
    FormerMember

    With less than 24 hours to go until the polling booths open there is not long to wait to find out the outcome of an election where how to improve cancer outcomes has been a major source of debate. All the parties have made key pledges as to how they will set about achieving this goal.

    It is great that improving cancer outcomes has been such a big issue and that has been in part down to the campaigning efforts of Macmillan…

  • Do you use social care services?

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    FormerMember
    You may have seen the political parties arguing about the future of social care in England over the last few weeks.  They’ve been fighting about the big ideas and changes that need to be made to social care services in this country to meet the needs of an ageing population.  Macmillan has previously responded to national consultations about the big changes that need to be made – calling for the social care needs…

  • Vote cancer support - fairer access to drugs

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    FormerMember
    Science is continually creating more and better treatments for cancer.  These treatments are leading to more people living longer and in many cases making a full recovery from the disease.  However new treatments can only bring benefits if they are freely available on the NHS.  We are concerned that the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE), the body responsible for deciding which treatments are cost-effective…

  • Vote cancer support - end of life care

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    FormerMember
    Have you contacted your local MP yet to get them to vote cancer support? If not here is one reason to.   We are calling for the next government to ensure that everyone who is nearing the end of their life and wants to die at home is able to.  We know that this would be the preference for the majority of people however at the moment it is far from reality. Around half of people who die of cancer die in hospital despite there…

  • Macmillan campaigns in Parliament to help cancer patients in fuel poverty

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    FormerMember

    Being grilled as a witness in front of a Parliamentary Select Committee is a big deal.  To be invited to give oral evidence means that what you’re saying is being taken seriously by the people who matter.
     
    It is an even bigger deal to Macmillan when the issue the Committee is thinking about is so important to the lives of so many cancer patients and their families and carers.
     
    So it was with some trepidation…
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