Put blood cancer on your MSP's agenda
Thank you to everyone who wrote to their candidates in the Scottish Parliament election about blood cancer. Now the elections are over, it's time to introduce yourself to your MSPs and let them know how they can champion Blood Cancer UK in Holyrood.
Vicky's story
"We need politicians to care about blood cancer"
I was diagnosed with blood cancer in 2020, and from the start I saw how stretched the blood cancer workforce is in Scotland.
I went years without seeing the same consultant twice, and I didn’t even know what a clinical nurse specialist was because there simply wasn’t adequate cover.
And because mine is a rarer blood cancer, there’s no specialist readily available to me – I rely on the haematology team having sufficient time for training to understand the developments in treatments, trials, and best practice.
Your experience of blood cancer in Scotland really depends on the luck of where you live. It shouldn’t be this way.
That’s why I’m asking you today, to email your Member of Scottish Parliament and ask them to deliver for people with blood cancer.
Whether it’s equal access to innovative treatments and trials, support from a fully funded blood cancer workforce, or reassurance that they’ll be diagnosed as early as possible, no one with blood cancer in Scotland should be left behind.
Please write to your MSP, and help put blood cancer on their agenda from day one.
Revisit our election asks
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Join our Policy Collective
Our Policy Collective is made up of people from across the UK who want to help shape our policy and influencing work or just want to hear regular updates about the work we’re doing.
Become a Blood Cancer UK Ambassador
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Put blood cancer on your MS' agenda
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UK Blood Cancer Action Plan
In 2024 we published our award-winning Action Plan which made 17 recommendations to improve blood cancer survival in the UK.
Join our Policy Collective
Our Policy Collective is made up of people from across the UK who want to help shape our policy and influencing work or just want to hear regular updates about the work we're doing.
National Cancer Plan for England
Find out what the National Cancer Plan for England means for people living with blood cancer, including what it means for the devolved nations.