Green fingers: the benefits of gardening

Leukaemia Care trustee Kate Stallard is in remission from acute promyelocytic leukaemia (APL), and since her diagnosis she has found gardening to be a way to cope. Here, she talks about how gardening helped her, and how it might help you too.

What benefits are cancer patients entitled to?

When you are diagnosed with cancer, you automatically meet the disability definition under the Equality Act (2010). In this blog, we've taken information from our 'The Next Stage' booklet on what benefits you are entitled to.

Benefits of exercise

After a blood cancer diagnosis, keeping fit and active might be the last thing on your mind, but exercise can benefit both your treatment and recovery. Here, our Nurse Advisor, Fiona Heath, explains more.

Welfare benefits

State benefits, eligibility and more

Money and benefits

A cancer diagnosis can affect many aspects of your life including your finances, working arrangements and travel. This section will help provide information and advice on the practical issues you may need to consider after diagnosis and during treatment.

What are the benefits of exercise?

There is a huge amount of research and information available on the benefits of exercising with cancer.

5 things you need know about today’s new drug approval for CML patients

We are pleased to announce a new treatment, asciminib, has been approved for NHS use in chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) patients after 2 or more tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs).

Leukaemia Care successfully campaigns for new leukaemia treatment on behalf of CML patients

Leukaemia Care successfully campaigns for the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) to approve asciminib on the NHS in England for chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) patients after 2 or more tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs).

What can help me when talking to others about my diagnosis?

This webinar aims to explore what may be of help by sharing the experience, information, and advice of the panel of patients and clinical nurse specialists.

Where: At home

What can help me when making decisions about joining clinical trials?

The aim of this webinar is to help inform you about how clinical trials are run and elements you should consider when making decisions.

Where: At home