We told governments: Don’t Write Me Off

Together, we've had a huge impact in every nation of the UK

Pancreatic cancer has been left behind by successive governments. Survival rates in the UK are the second lowest in Europe, and among the worst in the world.

But our voices count.

Since our Don’t Write Me Off campaign launched in October 2023, we’ve come together in our thousands to ask our local politicians and our governments to take action and ensure a Faster, Fairer, Funded treatment and care journey is available to everyone affected by pancreatic cancer.

In March 2024 we handed in our petition to Health Ministers across the UK. But the campaign doesn’t stop here! We are busy working behind the scenes to build on all this momentum, including working with health professionals, services and parliamentarians to make a faster, fairer pathway a reality.

Hand in letter to Victoria Atkins MP, Secretary of State, Department of Health and Social Care

Hand in letter to Neil Gray MSP, Cabinet Secretary for NHS Recovery, Scottish Government

Hand in letter to Robin Swann MLA, Minister of Health, Northern Ireland Assembly

Hand in letter to Eluned Morgan MS, Minister for Health and Social Services, Welsh Government

See us in action across the UK

MSPs on the steps of the Scottish Parliament at our MSP Drop-in 2024

MSPs join us on the steps in the Scottish Parliament

Our amazing campaign volunteers with Paulette Hamilton MP who kindly sponsored our event

Our amazing campaign volunteers with Paulette Hamilton MP who kindly sponsored our Westminster event

MPs & campaigners at our Westminster event supporting our Don't Write Me Off campaign

Our supporters and staff busy chatting with MPs

Over 84 parliamentarians and their staff members dropped in

Our Campaign Director Anna Jewell talking about the Don't Write Me Off campaign on ITV news

Our supporter Rob with Shadow Health Minister Karin Smyth MP

Hundred of health professionals support the launch of the Optimal Care Pathway at campaign event

Peter Johnson Clinical Director NHS England supporting our Don't Write Me Off campaign at the Optimal Care Pathway launch event

Our supporters with Clare Adamson MSP who sponsored our Scottish Parliament drop-in

Willie Coffey MSP speaks at the Scottish Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month members debate

Willie Coffey MSP speak at the Scottish Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month debate

PCUK supporters meeting with Heledd Fychan (L) and Delyth Jewell (R) at our Senedd Debate for Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month on 6 December 2023

PCUK supporters meeting with Heledd Fychan MS (L) and Delyth Jewell MS (R) at our Senedd Debate

Delyth Jewell MS sharing her personal experience at the Senedd Debate

Scottish Daily Express front page headline in support of our Don't Write Me Off campaign

Our volunteers and staff celebrate outside the Houses of Parliament after our Don't Write Me Off event

Our volunteers and staff celebrate after our Don't Write Me Off MP event

Here’s the impact we’ve had together.

Our campaign hit the headlines

Over 30,000 of our amazing supporters signed our petition – making us impossible to ignore
Our campaign was covered 160 times in the local and national press, and on TV.
We were featured in the Daily Telegraph, Independent, Mail, Metro, made the front page of the Scottish Daily Express Front and the campaign was covered on ITV and the BBC news.

Hundreds of parliamentarians have stood with us

Thanks to a massive 3,890 of you who wrote to your parliamentarians, over 150 MPs and Members of the Welsh and Scottish Parliaments attended our events and debates in Westminster, Scotland and Wales.
And 50 MPs signed our Early Day Motion in support of a Faster, Fairer, Funded treatment and care journey: the most support a parliamentary motion on pancreatic cancer has ever received!

We’ve made some major breakthroughs

Senior decision makers representing the NHS from across the UK attended our campaign launch event and backed our calls for a Faster, Fairer, Funded pathway. They were joined by over 100 health professionals who attended our event.
Shortly after attending our launch event, Northern Ireland’s Department of Health committed to delivering a new, improved care pathway for pancreatic cancer in Northern Ireland partnership with Pancreatic Cancer UK and NIPANC: a landmark moment in the fight against pancreatic cancer.

Your support has been incredible

Thank you. Kind supporters like you have generously donated over £41,000 after signing the petition. We are so grateful. Together, we will transform the future for everyone with pancreatic cancer.

There's still time to donate

What we are calling for

Find out what we’re calling for in more depth, including our calls to action across all four UK nations.

Download our campaign report (PDF)

Llwybr Cyflymach. Tecach. Wedi’i Ariannu.

Read our report in Welsh

Download our campaign report in Welsh (PDF)

We told governments: Don’t Write Me Off

Together, we've had a huge impact in every nation of the UK