APPG on Cancer in Children and Young People

We were pleased to mark Childhood Cancer Awareness Month this week, along with charity sector organisations who support children and young people with cancer.

Thank you to all the parliamentarians who joined our AGM and drop in to learn more about the work of the APPG #CCAM

Thank you to our officer @steveyemm for raising some of the key issues young cancer patients face last week in Parliament for Teenager and Young Adult Cancer Awareness month.

Yesterday, the government published the National Cancer Plan, including for the first time, a dedicated chapter on children and young people. See the thread below for more links and information.

Today, as part of the National Cancer Plan for England, the UK Government has announced a £10 million fund to support children and young people with cancer and their families to help with the cost of travel to treatment. See the thread below more links and information:

Here is APPG member @IloraFinlay discussing a young person Lewis, who was at our APPG meeting last week at the Second reading of the Rare Cancers Bill.