Macmillan Cancer Support (UK)
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WebsiteScope of organisation
CANCER support organisation (non-CLL specific)
Description
Macmillan Cancer Support will do whatever it takes to give you the answers to your questions about CLL or its treatment:
- Contact our information specialists and nurses to ask your questions on 0808 808 00 00 (UK only), web chat or email.
- Visit our website, which has lots of information about CLL; you can also complete an online personal guide and sign up to regular, tailored emails from diagnosis.
- Get information from other people with CLL through our Online Community.
- Visit your local Information and Support Centre to speak to someone in person and pick up leaflets.
Support services offered and available resources
Patient support services
- Buddy schemes (1:1 support)
- Buddy schemes (1:1 support) – get help
- Directory of local / national support groups
- Local support groups
- Online group / chat or forum
- CLL specific group
- Patient meetings
- Telephone support / support helpline
- Welfare / financial support
Education services / Capacity building
- Conferences
- Educational events
- Publications and presentations at relevant blood cancer meetings
- Webinars
Digital Tools & Resources
CLL Information
- Clinical Trials directory
- CLL news and conference coverage
- Online leaflets & booklets
- Printed leaflets & booklets
Campaigning and Advocacy
- Advisory statements and position papers
- Awareness campaigns
- Health Technology Appraisals (HTA)
- Input in writing and/or in person to government and regulatory organizations
- Fundraising resources
- Personal Advocacy
- Petitions
- Surveys of the community served