The banking sector’s vital role in supporting people with cancer. — Banking plays an essential role in our day-to-day lives. Its significance to our financial wellbeing means that it needs to work best at our times of greatest need. In 2014, we published Counting on Your Support a ground-breaking report setting out what the banking sector needs to do to better…

It’s a big week for the All Party-Parliamentary Group on Cancer (APPGC). Ahead of today’s Britain Against Cancer conference and Thursday’s much-anticipated Backbench Business debate on cancer in Parliament, Ayesha Ahmed, Secretariat to the APPGC, reflects on the inquiry held by the group earlier this year into the progress of the 2015 Cancer Strategy in England. — Cancer services in England are at a crucial turning point. It is estimated that by 2030, 3.4 million people will be living with cancer in England and this figure continues to increase. Transforming cancer services is no longer an option but a necessity, and is why implementation of the England…

Ben Parker, Public Affairs Officer — Macmillan’s new report, Cancer Then and Now, shows that more people than ever are living longer following a cancer diagnosis and often with the complex consequences of treatment. There are now an estimated 2.5 …

Rebecca Leech, Senior Public Affairs Officer — The NHS employs around 1.5 million people (around 1.2 million of these in England), putting it in the unlikely company of McDonalds, the US Department of Defence and the Chinese People’s Liberation Army as one of the largest employers in the world. It’s perhaps no wonder then that workforce has…

Victoria Woods Last year the number of people living with cancer in the UK was estimated at 2.5 million. And assuming that all existing trends continue, this number is projected to increase to 4 million by 2030. …

Thinking about our Christmas wish lists is an exciting prospect, and here at Macmillan top of our list is improving the lives of people affected by cancer. Following on from our blog about highlights in 2015 we’ve been busy writing a wish-list for 2016, focusing on what we think will…

With December in full swing, it’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas. Our advent calendars are open, there’s tinsel up in the Macmillan office and Christmas songs on the radio. But while we’re all busy looking ahead to the festive season and what’s in store for next year, we’ve…

The cancer care strategy demands early investment — or the NHS will pay the cost, writes Juliet Bouverie — As the dust settles following last month’s spending review, the NHS has to get down to the nitty gritty of how the precious early investment of £3.8bn is spent. One area in desperate need of attention is cancer care, which poses a series of stark challenges for the NHS, both…

James Shield and Victoria Woods — It was widely reported last week that George Osborne has committed billions of pounds of ‘extra’ money for the NHS over the next five years as part of his Comprehensive Spending Review. …