Policy & campaigning
General election: what happens next
Last week’s election has delivered a new Government, and a seismic shift in UK politics. Looking ahead to this Parliament, there are big opportunities to make progress on pancreatic and other less survivable cancers.
General election manifesto round-up
Our Head of Influencing and Health Improvement, Alfie Bailey-Bearfield, shares a manifesto round-up.
Demanding Survival at Downing Street
Last week we handed in our open letter, signed by over 63,000 Pancreatic Cancer UK supporters who backed our Demand Survival Now manifesto.
My experience shaping new NHS guidance on diagnosis
Charles, one of our supporters, tells us about his role as a patient expert on the NHS group that developed this new guidance.
Massive campaign win for people with pancreatic cancer
We are delighted that NHS England has published new guidance recommending that pancreatic cancer should be diagnosed more quickly.
50,000 people will die of pancreatic cancer without urgent action from next Government
At least 50,000 people will die of pancreatic cancer by the end of the next five-year Parliamentary term without urgent action from the next government, we have warned, as our new ‘Demand Survival Now’ campaign launches.
New tool developed to improve consistency in patient care
Specialist pancreatic cancer centres across the UK have begun to trial a new tool called PACT-UK, which aims to create consistency in decision-making for treatment and care for people with pancreatic cancer.
Pancreatic Cancer UK’s Improving Pancreatic Cancer Care launch event 2023
Pancreatic cancer is tough to detect – but even once it’s spotted, people can go on to face potentially huge obstacles: from getting their diagnosis, treatment and care – to having a better quality of life, and surviving.
Liberal Democrats commit to action on the less survivable cancers – our response
Read our response to the Liberal Democrats' commitment to a new Cancer Survival Research Act.
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month (PCAM)
Government publishes Major Conditions Strategy framework
Our Interim CEO Anna Jewell, comments on the publication the Department of Health and Social Care's Major Conditions Strategy framework
New national initiative to improve care of pancreatic and hepatocellular cancer patients across Scotland
NHS Scotland has launched a new initiative with an innovative “Virtual Cancer Care Team” to speed up diagnosis and treatment for two of the most deadly forms of cancer.