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Q&A at Trekstock
5th January 2017Posted:
Barbara Wilson visited Trekstock’s offices in Covent Garden just before Christmas to answer a wide variety of questions about how to manage work and cancer successfully. Watch the video below. https://www.facebook.com/trekstock/videos/1269101939815700/
Managing the performance of people affected by cancer
6th December 2016Posted:
Here are a couple of case studies to get you thinking: can you spot what the employers should have done differently in the two case studies below? Case 1: A friend of mine, relatively new in a senior role, was diagnosed with cancer. Keen to keep on working during her chemo and with no real… [Read More]
Is your long-term sickness policy fit for work and cancer?
23rd September 2016Posted:
Returning to work is not a sprint, it’s more like a marathon and sometimes there need to be pauses along the way to draw breath. It’s not a seamless progression, but a long and winding road. Is your long term sickness policy fit for purpose? Read full article here Written for Macmillan Cancer Support, September 2016
Introducing Evenbreak
26th July 2016Posted:
We at Working With Cancer are often approached by cancer survivors struggling to find work after their cancer treatment. Whether they have been out of work for a short or long period the main issues are often the same: how to explain a gap on their CV or job application, what to say at an… [Read More]
Working Carers- The Lost Tribe?
6th June 2016Posted:
I remember it distinctly. It was just another rather mundane day at the office when I left a meeting to take an urgent phone call. One of our employees had recently become a dad but now – just a few weeks later – a routine blood test had revealed that his wife had acute myeloid… [Read More]
Rethinking Cancer: Realising the potential for improved survival
5th May 2016Posted:
In December Barbara attended a parliamentary round table discussion hosted by Bristol-Myers Squibb (BMS). The meeting brought together Parliamentarians, policy experts and patient groups to consider the implications for patients, employers, the economy and society at large. The event followed a recent report supported by BMS and prepared by the International Longevity Centre – UK (ILC-UK). In Rethinking… [Read More]
An MP’s experience and advice about working with cancer: Jo Churchill
26th April 2016Posted:
“It’s really important employers understand that when they are dealing with somebody they are dealing with the person, not the cancer” Jo Churchill talks about her two experiences of cancer, how she dealt with it and what she learned about herself, about other people, about work and about life. Read full article here (PDF) Jo… [Read More]
Working With Schroders
23rd March 2016Posted:
Barbara Wilson speaks to ‘Inside Schroders’ about the work that she and her associates are doing to support people affected by cancer, including carers, with returning to work and also about the ground breaking work Working With Cancer is undertaking in collaboration with the Maggies Centres which Schroders is sponsoring. Read Inside Schroders article here
Managing someone coping with the long term side effects of cancer
15th March 2016Posted:
If you read my last blog you’ll recall that I wrote, ‘returning to work is not a sprint, it’s more like a marathon and sometimes there needs to be pauses along the way to draw breath. It’s not a seamless progression but a long and winding road’. In most cases this is a journey which… [Read More]
Why is managing cancer at work different? Because it’s cancer.
1st March 2016Posted:
Part of the work we do at Working With Cancer is to support the line managers of those with cancer. Managing the return to work process of a person with cancer can be like walking a tightrope. You want to do the right thing, to show compassion in what are incredibly difficult circumstances. But you’re… [Read More]
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