If you’re passionate about creating a better future for people with pancreatic cancer, we need you.
Our campaigns call on governments and NHS bodies across the UK to drive up standards in diagnosis, treatment and care.
Thanks to thousands of us who have taken action this crucial year, we’ve got the Government’s attention. Now, let’s make it count.
The Department for Health has launched its biggest ever conversation about the future of the NHS, to feed into its 10 Year Health Plan for England.
Please complete the Government’s short survey to make sure pancreatic cancer is not overlooked. The deadline is 5pm on Monday 2 December.
We have come together this General Election year to raise awareness of pancreatic cancer among major political parties, and now, the new Government.
This is our moment to give people with pancreatic cancer the hope and action they deserve.
Did you know that 7 in 10 people with pancreatic cancer never receive treatment? Not even chemotherapy. And that more than half of people die within three months of diagnosis? It’s shocking, and it’s shameful.
But does pancreatic cancer have to be a death sentence? No. With a faster, fairer treatment and care journey, and funding to make it happen, more people can be treated and have a chance to survive.
We’ve been telling governments – don’t write off people with pancreatic cancer.
After launching a ‘War on Cancer’ in 2022, the government is yet to deliver on its promise to make England a world leader in cancer care.
We’re determined to make sure that pancreatic cancer is prioritised in the Department and Health and Social Care’s cancer plans for England.
We’re campaigning to put pancreatic cancer at the heart of government cancer strategies across the UK. Find out about brilliant progress in Scotland, and the latest on Wales in Northern Ireland cancer plans.
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“I am one of the lucky ones. Because of my quick pancreatic cancer diagnosis, I could get life saving surgery.”
The NHS is facing a crisis. The pandemic, staff shortages and underfunding have pushed it to breaking point. Even before this, people with pancreatic cancer were being diagnosed too late to survive.
More than 50,000 of us are demanding that UK governments take urgent action through our recent petition.
Right now thousands of people with pancreatic cancer don’t have access to a simple prescription that could stop them starving. We’re calling on the NHS to prescribe what people with the quickest killing cancer urgently need to live the time they have left to the fullest.
“Sorry, it’s too late. We can’t save you.”
These are the devastating words most people with pancreatic cancer have to hear. Pancreatic cancer is tough to diagnose early.
But thanks to people like we’re fighting for early diagnosis.
NHS worker Kim (pictured below left) campaigns tirelessly to raise awareness of pancreatic cancer and improve treatment – helping us to build hope for people in Scotland. Like many of our supporters and volunteers, Kim’s family has had first-hand experience of this tough disease.
“Sadly, I’ve lost two loved ones to pancreatic cancer, my great uncle William and my Nana Mary. They died 20 years apart but little progress had been made in treating the illness over that time. In this day and age, it’s shocking that nothing has really changed. I made a promise to my Nana, who died in 2012, that no other family affected by pancreatic cancer will suffer like our family. By campaigning with Pancreatic Cancer UK, I hope I’m living up to my promise. We’ve been making a difference via the Scottish Parliament, support groups, family support. We need more awareness and research, and that’s why I do what I do.”
19 November 2024
In April 2024 we launched our new brand and now, during Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, we’re using our bold messaging in a new campaign to build a...
18 November 2024
We have awarded almost £100,000 to researchers at Cardiff University to study how changes in a gene called ‘KRAS’ helps the deadliest common cancer d...
30 October 2024
We have published a five-point plan calling on the UK Government, medicine regulators and the NHS to address PERT shortages.
19 November 2024
In April 2024 we launched our new brand and now, during Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month, we’re using our bold messaging in a new campaign to build a...
18 November 2024
We have awarded almost £100,000 to researchers at Cardiff University to study how changes in a gene called ‘KRAS’ helps the deadliest common cancer d...
30 October 2024
We have published a five-point plan calling on the UK Government, medicine regulators and the NHS to address PERT shortages.