Cancer Support

The Macmillan web pages (available via the See Also box on the right) have a whole range of information for those living with cancer, those that care for those with cancer and employers who have staff affected by cancer.

As part of this provision Macmillan has developed a ‘Work it Out: The Essential Questions to Ask About Work’ toolkit, aimed at helping individual employees find the information they need about work issues at every stage of their cancer journey e.g. dealing with absence from work, preparing to return to work etc, which affected employees may find helpful.

They have also developed a useful guide for employers entitled: ‘Working Through Cancer’. Managers may wish to consider this, as they seek to manage the impact of cancer on the employee, other colleagues and the University. It covers a number of issues including how to talk about cancer and strategies to support employees affected by cancer and their colleagues, whilst recognising that each case will be different. It also identifies other useful sources of support and information for both affected employees and the employer.

These documents are only one of many sources of support for individuals dealing with cancer, and both managers and staff are strongly encouraged to also seek support and guidance from the many sources within the University e.g. Human Resources, Staff Occupational Health Service, Counselling Service, Staff Support Line etc.