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CANCER, CUPPAS AND CONVERSATION: The value of opening up

Tens of millions of lives have been touched by cancer across the UK — so why do we still find it so hard to talk about? · New figures from Macmillan Cancer Support reveal how common cancer is amongst us · Two in three of us (64%) either have close…

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·Sep 19

Macmillan responds to July 2023’s Personal Independence Payment (PIP) data for England and Wales

Responding to July 2023’s Personal Independence Payment (PIP) data for England and Wales, Ciarán Norris, Head of Campaigns & Public Affairs at Macmillan Cancer Support, says: “It is completely unacceptable that waiting times for processing new Personal Independence Payments claims have got longer. These excruciating waits can have a devastating impact on the lives of many people with cancer, who already face the huge financial burden that can come with a diagnosis, on top of the increasingly high costs of every-day essentials.

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·Sep 14

Macmillan responds to NHSE July 2023 Cancer Waiting Times Data

Responding to July 2023’s Cancer Waiting Times Data, Minesh Patel, Head of Policy at Macmillan Cancer Support says: “Today’s figures show some signs of improvement, but we must not forget the thousands of people still left facing potentially life-limiting waits for cancer tests and treatment. …

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·Aug 10

Macmillan responds to NHSE June 2023 Cancer Waiting Times Data

Responding to June 2023’s Cancer Waiting Times Data, Minesh Patel, Head of Policy at Macmillan Cancer Support says: “Today’s figures yet again reflect the UK government’s bleak record of tackling the cancer care crisis in England, and the all too familiar story of people living with cancer paying the price…

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·Jul 27

Deputy Chief Nursing Officer for England joins Macmillan Cancer Support’s Board of Trustees

Macmillan Cancer Support is pleased to announce Acosia Nyanin, Deputy Chief Nursing Officer for England — Professional and System Leadership at NHS England, as the newest member of their Board of Trustees. Acosia is a registered Mental Health Nurse who has dedicated her career to providing person centred care and…

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·Jul 17

Tom Daley, Bill Bailey, Trevor Nelson, Merlin Griffiths and other famous faces team up with Macmillan Cancer Support to help more men ‘Find The Words’ to talk about cancer

New research from leading cancer charity Macmillan reveals that 250,000 men living with cancer in the UK are currently struggling with feelings such as fear, depression or worry because of their diagnosis Yet more than half (55%) of those affected have not sought any support for these feelings To raise…

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·Jul 13

Macmillan responds to NHSE May 2023 Cancer Waiting Times Data

Responding to May 2023’s Cancer Waiting Times data for NHS England, Minesh Patel, Head of Policy at Macmillan Cancer Support, said: “This data shows yet again that thousands of people in England are still facing potentially dangerous waits for cancer tests and treatment, putting lives at risk and causing unnecessary…

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·Jun 30

Macmillan responds to the NHS Workforce Plan

Responding to the published NHS Workforce Plan, Steven McIntosh Executive Director of Advocacy & Communications at Macmillan Cancer Support says: “The NHS Workforce Plan for England is a major step forward in addressing NHS staff shortages, but it is overdue, and it is not yet enough to tackle the crisis…

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·Jun 22

Macmillan Cancer Support joins forces with Barbers across London to help more black men find the words to talk about cancer

· New analysis by the charity has found that more than one in three Black men (37%) say they don’t like to share their real feelings and one in four (25%) do not feel comfortable talking to others about things that worry themi · The findings also showed that Black…

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·Jun 20

‘Categorically unacceptable and entirely avoidable’: Leading charity blasts UK governments over cancer care delays

New analysis from Macmillan Cancer Support reveals that an extra 180,000 people have waited too long for cancer tests and treatments over the last decade because Government targets have been repeatedly missed · Macmillan Cancer Support is today warning that repeated government failures have contributed to hundreds of thousands of…

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