'What Are We Waiting For?' campaign.
In 2023 we found that at least 100,000 people across the UK have faced
worse cancer outcomes due to increasing delays in being diagnosed and
starting treatment with their NHS cancer care over the past 10 years6. Delays
can lead to people's cancer spreading, jeopardising both their physical and
mental health. It can restrict their treatment options and potentially reduce
their chances of survival. Our dedicated cancer workforce go above and
beyond to care for patients, yet they face an impossible challenge without
the staff or resources they need.
In response, we launched our public advocacy campaign and published our
report 'What Are We Waiting For?' to get governments to act on reducing
cancer waiting times by 2025 and give people living with cancer across
the UK a platform to call for change. We stood alongside them to highlight
the inequalities in cancer delays and potentially life-changing waits, while
providing support for local services and people experiencing delays.
For the first time in history, Macmillan campaigners in all 650 constituencies
took action, and the impact was felt across the UK.
" I am living life heightened where I'm so sensitised to my appointments
being cancelled and so anxious that my phone is going to ring with
another cancellation. It's affecting everybody around me; my family,
my friends, my son, they're all suffering. I have the disease in my
body, but my husband and my son are on the same journey with me.
Governments across the UK need to listen to us.
"
Jules, patient
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