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The latest developments and our response

26 Jan 2026 Policy

The latest developments and our response

The government is set to launch the National Cancer Plan for England on 4th February. We are urging policymakers to ensure it delivers meaningful change specifically for people with leukaemia....

Improving access to life-changing treatment – Leukaemia UK’s role in the approval of Aucatzyl

25 Nov 2025 Policy

Improving access to life-changing treatment – Leukaemia UK’s role in the approval of Aucatzyl

Today, NICE announced its recommendation for Aucatzyl (obecabtagene autoleucel), a CAR-T therapy, to be made available on the NHS for treating adults aged 26 and over with relapsed or refractory...

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Myelofibrosis: Finding new ways to treat patients

11 Jan 2019 Research

Myelofibrosis: Finding new ways to treat patients

Myelofibrosis is a fatal bone marrow cancer. The disease is caused by excessive secretion of factors by cancerous platelet-producing cells...

MP opens Leukaemia UK Ambulatory Care Unit

15 Jun 2018 Awareness raising

MP opens Leukaemia UK Ambulatory Care Unit

A unit funded by Leukaemia UK which allows people with blood cancers to have stem cell transplants as outpatients has...

Nick Boles’ Ambulatory Care Unit opening speech

15 Jun 2018 Awareness raising

Nick Boles’ Ambulatory Care Unit opening speech

Nick Boles, Conservative MP for Grantham and Stanford, was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2007 and experienced a relapse almost...

Sharing this exciting news: a treatment advance for childhood leukaemia

09 May 2018 Research

Sharing this exciting news: a treatment advance for childhood leukaemia

A deal has been struck to let the NHS offer children an expensive new cancer therapy that has been called...

Blood cancer and your emotions – an expert’s insight

09 Jan 2018 Other

Blood cancer and your emotions – an expert’s insight

Philip Alexander is a haemato-oncology counsellor and cognitive behaviour psychotherapist at King’s College Hospital in London, and one of four...

Leukaemia UK is the new name for the ‘Elimination of Leukaemia Fund’

09 Nov 2017 Governance

Leukaemia UK is the new name for the ‘Elimination of Leukaemia Fund’

Since November 2017 Leukaemia UK is the new name for the Elimination of Leukaemia Fund. For the last four decades,...

Blood cancer: Top tips for keeping mentally healthy

06 Feb 2012 Wellbeing

Blood cancer: Top tips for keeping mentally healthy

Keeping mentally healthy when you have blood cancer can be challenging, but there are lots of things you can do...