Breast Cancer Care - Campaigning

Campaigning

Prescription for change Prescription for change is a campaign designed to persuade the Department of Health to announce a public consultation on NHS charges which was promised on 23 July 2007. Currently, the list of conditions that are exempt has not been changed since 1968.

EMPLOY Breast Cancer Care developed an employment and benefits charter that was designed to provide employers with guidance on best practice in supporting staff members with a diagnosis of breast cancer. It also sets out the legal employment rights of cancer patients and the corresponding responsibilities that fall to employers under disability discrimination law. Click here for a copy of the EMPLOY charter.

Secondary Breast Cancer Taskforce The Taskforce was set up to look at a number of key areas for people with secondary breast cancer: Standards of treatment and care, provision of nursing and palliative care, provision of information, psychological and emotional support, finance and employment and research and clinical trials.

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