My friend or family member has blood cancer
Get practical and emotional help to support a family member or friend with blood cancer, whether it's leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloma, MDS or an MPN. Find out about your rights if you're a carer, and hear from others.
Supporting someone through treatment
If someone you know needs treatment for blood cancer, find out how you can help. Includes information for carers, friends and family members.
Practical support for carers
If you’re living with someone with blood cancer and supporting them in any way, you might be a carer, even if you don’t see yourself as one. Find out about your rights as a carer, and the support available.
Looking after yourself
When you're close to someone with blood cancer, it can have a big impact on you too. Read our tips to help you look after your mental health and find support.
Blood Cancer Heart to Heart
In this video podcast, watch or listen to family members and partners talk about their experience of supporting their loved one with blood cancer.
Losing a loved one to blood cancer
Although treatment is improving all the time, sadly, some people die from blood cancer. If you're facing the death of a loved one, find out about the services available to support you.
Information in other languages
If your friend or family member speaks Polish, Punjabi, Romanian, Urdu or Welsh, we have information in their language, to help them get the support they need.
Thanks to the people with blood cancer and their family members who helped us to create the information in this section: Bansri, Dan, Eilish, Gail, Gisa, Janet, Jasmine, Rachael and Sue.