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All.Can Patient Survey: ‘Patient insights on cancer care: opportunities for improving efficiency’
31st July 2019Posted:
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]
New article from guest writer, Harmer Parr: The Melvyn Files
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Guest Writer, Harmer Parr, showed how keeping a sense of humour helped him put cancer in its place in an earlier article for WWC. In his latest blog, he provides an update on his immunotherapy treatment: ‘In October 2017 I was diagnosed with a cancer in my right shin bone. It had been hurting for… [Read More]
Returning to work and making changes
22nd July 2019Posted:
Guest writer, Sara Liyanage, is a part-time solicitor and the founder of www.tickingoffbreastcancer.com, a website dedicated to helping people through their breast cancer treatment. She has written a third blog for us about her experiences of returning to work: ‘I thought it seemed rather fitting to start writing this third and final article in my… [Read More]
WWC partners with Teenage Cancer Trust to help young people manage work after cancer
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WWC Associate, Sarah Dawson, shares her experience of training and coaching young cancer survivors to manage work and cancer: ‘A cancer diagnosis is devastating at any age, but for a young person it can cause a particular kind of anguish. How do you face conversations and situations most adults would struggle with, before you’ve even had… [Read More]
Understanding the invisible by Lynne, a 45 year old working mum…..
15th May 2019Posted:
Lynne, a 45 year old working mum, has written a blog about living with the effects of ‘secondary’ cancer. “It’s not easy supporting a colleague who is working with cancer – we all recognise that – but for those of us with metastatic or ‘secondary’ cancer, it feels like we have an invisible illness which… [Read More]
Five common misconceptions about Cancer at work
29th April 2019Posted:
Working With Cancer’s Founder and Director, Barbara Wilson, has contributed an article to The HR Director Magazine: ‘In the UK, there are currently 900,000 people of working age living with cancer, and the impressive increase in survival rates (in the UK cancer survival for 10 or more years has doubled from 24% to 50%) means that… [Read More]
Important initial research findings about the psychological engagement of people returning to work after cancer
12th April 2019Posted:
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]
Changing the Conversation around Work and Cancer
11th April 2019Posted:
Our Ambassador, Liz O’Riordan, has written a blog about her experience of returning to work after her cancer diagnosis. ‘ I spent most of my working life treating patients with cancer, but until I was diagnosed with cancer myself, I had no idea what a huge impact cancer would have on my own working life. … [Read More]
‘Transforming Breast Cancer Together’ Initiative: Manifesto Launch
10th April 2019Posted:
Breast cancer is still the leading cause of death in women. Prevention, screening and care must be made a priority on EU and national agendas. We are proud to be part of a European initiative to raise awareness & drive change. Read the press release and Manifesto, published today, to find out more.
Liz O’Riordan joins Working With Cancer to promote benefits of work during cancer treatment
20th March 2019Posted:
We are delighted to announce that Liz O’Riordan is joining Working With Cancer as an Ambassador. Liz will be promoting Working With Cancer at events and online, as part of their work in helping cancer patients and their carers manage work and treatment on a practical and emotional level. Liz was a 40-year-old consultant breast… [Read More]
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