US EditionNHS to cover travel costs for children with cancer
The £10 million fund will cover travel expenses for young cancer patients to specialist centres in England, easing an average monthly cost of £250, NHS officials said.
- On Wednesday, the government will provide £10 million a year for the NHS to reimburse petrol, parking fees, and train fares under the new national cancer plan.
- Families of children with cancer spend about 250 per month on travel, with more than one third facing long and frequent journeys over an hour, forcing some to give up work and essentials.
- About 4,000 children and people under 25 are diagnosed each year, mostly treated at 13 centres across England; Theo was treated at Alder Hey Children's Hospital, Liverpool, 45 minutes from home.
- Together with earlier diagnosis, genomic testing and better access to trials, the national cancer plan will provide mental-health support and high-quality play provision for young patients.
- Ministers say the plan will 'leave no family out of pocket' while their child undergoes cancer treatment, as the travel fund will be available regardless of family income.
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Families of children with cancer in England are going to have travel costs to treatments covered by the government.
Under the scheme, young people under 24 and those caring for them, won’t have to pay to get to appointments which are often in specialist clinics far from home. In response to today’s announcement that the government is setting aside £10 million a year to pay for the travel costs for families of children with cancer, Sarah Woods, CEO at Momentum Children’s Charity in East Molesey said: “This is a really positive step for children with cancer an…
UK to Cover Travel Costs for Children With Cancer
Families caring for children with cancer will no longer have to worry about how to afford travel to life-saving treatment, under a new government support package worth up to £10 million a year. For parents, the moment a child is diagnosed with cancer, everything else fades into the background. Hospital appointments, treatments, long days on wards and endless waiting become part of daily life. Yet for many families across England, another quiet b…
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