“Although sharing Dad’s story is incredibly difficult, I hope that by talking about what happened to him encourages people, particularly within Asian and Caribbean communities, to talk more openly about…

For patients with blood cancer such as leukaemia, a stem cell transplant can offer the chance of a cure. But when a transplant fails or the disease returns, some patients may need a second transplant to have hope of long-term survival. Despite advances in transplant medicine, an NHS England policy introduced in 2017 continues to restrict access to second stem cell transplants based on a rigid ’12-month rule’.
In this blog series, we explore why the policy is under review, how treatment outcomes have changed over the last decade, and why charities including Leukaemia UK, Anthony Nolan and DKMS are calling for a more personalised, evidence-based approach to care.

Yorkshire Cricket Captain Phil Carrick was only in his 40s when he lost his life to leukaemia. In the 26 years since then, treatment for his type of the blood…