Macmillan Cancer Support’s new analysis reveals cancer patients did not fully understand their diagnosis or get the information they wanted
A LEADING charity has warned that cancer patients in the North West have been left feeling unprepared to deal with their diagnosis.
The warning from Macmillan comes after a survey found that one in four people with cancer in the region did not receive easy-to-understand written information about the type of cancer they had when they were diagnosed.
It follows Macmillan Cancer Support’s new analysis of the Cancer Patient Experience Survey for England.
Macmillan head of service for the North West, Jane Melvin: “It is simply not good enough that people are being given a devastating cancer diagnosis.
"Then on top of that, they’re left feeling unprepared to deal with it."
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