COVID-19: More than 100,000 cancer patients in the UK struggling to pay for basic essentials, says charity

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Judith Neptial, who is living with stage four cancer, says the financial burden of her diagnosis has been 'enormous'.

Cancer patients who are struggling financially are experiencing stress, anxiety or depression as a result, Macmillan Cancer Support saysMore than 100,000 people with cancer in the UK are struggling to pay for basic essentials such as food and bills as a result of the pandemic, according to a leading cancer charity.

The figures from Macmillan Cancer Support also show more than two in three people with cancer who are struggling with basic living costs have experienced stress, anxiety or depression as a result. Former psychotherapist Judith Neptial, 49, is currently living with stage four bile duct cancer and left her job when she became too ill to continue.She soon found the pressures of living costs mounted, describing the financial burden as"enormous".

"The extra money I received in benefits allowed me to have the luxury of not having to take public transport to appointments during COVID, which would have been a threat to my life," she told Sky News."I can't begin to explain what that feels like, saying it was a luxury to travel in this way." Macmillan has said that some people living with a cancer diagnosis were already struggling with additional household costs even before the pandemic.

 

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