Employment

The following information is aimed at those who have been affected by a leukaemia diagnosis and the associated issues raised with employment

Being or becoming employed

This information is designed to help you explore your rights, whatever your decision might be.

In employment but don’t want to/can’t continue

This information is designed to help you explore your rights, whatever your decision might be. This article looks at the decision to leave work.

Self-employment

This information is designed for people who are self-employed, either alone or running a small business.

Employment rights for parents of a child with leukaemia

There are over 1,600 children diagnosed with cancer in the UK each year – approximately a third are diagnosed with leukaemia. A leukaemia diagnosis has a huge impact on you, your child and the rest of your family - what follows is usually a very emotional and distressing time and lives are often turned upside down.

Flu Jab

The flu vaccine campaign begins every autumn in the UK and is one of the most important public health interventions that the NHS undertakes. In this blog, we answer a number of common questions we get from blood cancer patients about the vaccination programme.

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September 12th

NHS faces crisis: Leukaemia Care continue to be here for leukaemia patients

Read our response below....

September 5th

How Leukaemia Care is making a difference in 2024

In the first half of 2024, Leukaemia Care has made a massive impact on those who have been diagnosed or living with a leukaemia diagnosis. Find out more about how we are making a difference in 2024....

September 2nd

Only 14% of Brits know the warning signs of leukaemia as thousands are diagnosed in A&E every year

Leukaemia charities highlight the urgent need to raise awareness of signs and symptoms to stop the deadly blood cancer devastating lives....