News
Achieving Quality of Life for Cancer Patients and Survivors: Returning to Work
Posted: 29th January 2021
As mentioned in the December newsletter, WWC became a supporter of ECO (European Cancer Organisation) last year and was able to contribute to a paper prepared by its Survivorship and Quality of Life Network: Free from Cancer: Achieving Quality of Life for All Cancer Patients and Survivors. Following this we contributed some slides to ECO’s… [Read More]
RedArc adds specialist cancer organisation to its partner panel
Posted: 17th November 2020
We are pleased to confirm that WWC’s coaching and training support has been added to the panel of additional services offered by RedArc nurses, thus expanding the range of their services and the range of clients WWC will be able to support. Barbara Wilson commented “Every two minutes someone is diagnosed with cancer so we can… [Read More]
It’s time to reimagine care and transform breast cancer together, argues MEP Frances Fitzgerald
Posted: 5th November 2020
MEP Frances Fitzgerald, a member of Parliament’s Women’s Rights and Gender Equality Committee, has written an opinion piece for The Parliament Magazine in #EPGenderEqualityWeek. She says it’s now more important than ever to ensure minimum disruption to the treatment and lives of patients suffering from conditions such as breast cancer. The full article can be… [Read More]
Transforming Breast Cancer Together: Bridging the Gap in Breast Cancer Care
Posted: 27th October 2020
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in Europe, yet there are still huge gaps in breast cancer care. The current pandemic has deepened these challenges, as the continuity of treatments and care for patients have been severely disrupted. To raise awareness on this pressing issue, Transforming Breast Cancer Together recently organised a… [Read More]
The European Code of Cancer Practice (The Code)
Posted: 24th September 2020
The European Code of Cancer Practice (The Code) is a citizen and patient-centred manifesto of the core requirements for good clinical cancer practice, in order to improve outcomes for all of Europe’s cancer patients. It has been co-produced by a team of cancer patients, patient advocates and cancer professionals. The Code focusses on informing and assisting cancer patients… [Read More]
World Kidney Cancer Day
Posted: 17th June 2020
Our Associate Louise Barrett talks about returning to work after treatment for cancer, and finding her work-life balance, in this special video produced by Ipsen for World Kidney Cancer Day (WKCD) on 18th June.
TBCT statement
Posted: 1st May 2020
In the light of current coronavirus pandemic, the Transforming Breast Cancer Together initiative of which WWC is a founding member decided to issue a joint statement outlining the challenges that breast cancer patients are encountering during the COVID-19 pandemic. The statement emphasises the importance of ensuring that all those affected by breast cancer can access… [Read More]
Combating Cancer feature in The Times 16th October 2019
Posted: 16th October 2019
Working With Cancer recently contributed to a special ‘Combating Cancer’ feature which appeared in The Times on 16th October. The full article was commissioned by Raconteur and can be found here and at https://www.raconteur.net/combating-cancer-2019). Our contribution is in the article ‘Dealing with Cancer in the Workplace’ on Page 10’.
All.Can Patient Survey: ‘Patient insights on cancer care: opportunities for improving efficiency’
Posted: 31st July 2019
All.Can international have released a new report titled ‘Patient insights on cancer care: opportunities for improving efficiency’. The report reveals findings from an international survey on the patient perspective of inefficiencies in cancer care. With insights from almost 4,000 patients in more than 10 countries, the report identifies four key areas of opportunity for improvement:… [Read More]
Important initial research findings about the psychological engagement of people returning to work after cancer
Posted: 12th April 2019
In 2018, WWC supported a research study conducted by our associate Andrew Parsons at the University of Hertfordshire. Andrew (with his Supervisor Dr Colleen Addicott), presented his initial findings at the British Psychological Society, Division of Occupational Psychology meeting in Chester on the 9th January 2019. The title of the talk was “The aftershock of … [Read More]