Blood cancer: money and work
These pages contain information about your rights at work when you have leukaemia, lymphoma, myeloma or any other type of blood cancer, as well as tips on how to manage your money and where to turn for financial support.
Funding information
Janssen-Cilag (a pharmaceutical company) helped fund this information but had no influence over it.
Working with blood cancer
Discover more about your rights at work, including information on returning to work and what reasonable adjustments you might need to do your job with blood cancer.
Problems at work
Read our information about what to do if you experience any problems at work due to blood cancer, including tailored advice from Acas.
Help with costs
Find out about the benefits and grants you may be entitled to claim to help with the costs of living with blood cancer.
Managing your money
See our tips for managing your money and coping with changes to your finances when you have blood cancer.
The information on these pages was checked for accuracy by the Director of Finance and the Head of People and Organisational Development at Blood Cancer UK. Last reviewed May 2025. Next full review due May 2028. We may make factual updates to the information between reviews.