Local Assembly Member Paul Davies is supporting a campaign led by CLIC Sargent to better support children and young people who are diagnosed with cancer and their families. The CLIC Sargent campaign is calling for more national patient experience data and for a review of the financial support available for young cancer patients and their parents.
Mr Davies said, “It’s heart-breaking that three in five (61%) parents had accumulated some form of debt as a result of their child’s cancer diagnosis and that one in six (17%) has borrowed over £5,000. It’s unfair that families across Wales are facing unnecessary stress and anxiety by having to worry about their finances when a child or young person is fighting cancer. I’m happy to support calls to review the financial support available to families during cancer treatments and I sincerely hope that the Governments across the UK will work with the third sector and other stakeholders to address this issue as a matter of urgency.”
