Vaccines

For advice on vaccines and blood cancer in general, read our helpful article on why blood cancer patients need vaccinations.

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.

Why do blood cancer patients need vaccinations?

For advice on vaccines and blood cancer in general, read our helpful article on why blood cancer patients need vaccinations.

Shingrix: what you need to know

Details on the Shingrix vaccine as well as FAQs answered.

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April 23rd

Cost of leukaemia – Tony Pullen on sick pay

Tony Pullen talks openly about how being diagnosed with hairy cell leukaemia (HCL) has impacted his financial stability. ...

April 11th

Approval for the first CAR-T treatment for ALL is renewed

CAR-T therapy, tisagenlecleucel, has been given long term approval to be used on the NHS in England, thanks to a decision made by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's (NICE). ...

March 11th

NEW oral treatment for AML patients approved in Scotland

Leukaemia Care are pleased to announce that newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) patient with an IDH1 mutation who are ineligible for standard induction chemotherapy now have access to ivosidenib with azacitidine thanks to the decision made by the Scottish Medicines Consortium (SMC) today....