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Alan and Clare are just 2 of 250,000 patients who couldn’t afford to take time off work following a cancer diagnosis. 🏥
@Prog_Change are calling for an urgent change in the Statutory Sick Pay system to help people like Alan and Clare.
Learn more. 👇
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Sick Pay is vital for those undergoing cancer treatment to rest and recover safely. But our system isn’t fit for purpose.
We’re joining forces with @Prog_Change to call for sick pay reform.
#SafeSickPay 👇
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Sick Pay is vital for those undergoing cancer treatment to rest and recover safely. But our system isn’t fit for purpose.
We’re joining forces with @Prog_Change to call for sick pay reform.
#SafeSickPay 👇 https://t.co/0PFUHciC1M
This research is well worth a read and illustrates clearly the impact of a cancer diagnosis - and low statutory sick pay - on patients. So many people don't even know they'll only get SSP until they're ill.
This research is well worth a read and illustrates clearly the impact of a cancer diagnosis - and low statutory sick pay - on patients. So many people don't even know they'll only get SSP until they're ill.
Read: This great explainer from the FT debunks the myths around work and illness and points out. "A full-time worker on the minimum wage would receive little more than a tenth of their usual pay if they took a week of sick leave." ft.com/content/931940…#sicknote#sickpay
“Given the taxpayer had just saved my life at considerable expense, I found it baffling that my recovery was jeopardised for want of a sensible Statutory Sick Pay system.”
Join Clare in writing to your MP about the need to change Statutory Sick Pay: bit.ly/SSPcancer
Join Mphango in emailing your MP about reformation of the sick pay system for all, including those who have been diagnosed with cancer bit.ly/SSPcancer@Prog_Change
No-one should be punished for getting ill.
"I was already struggling at the time of diagnosis and we had no savings."
Tony was diagnosed with leukaemia and as a result had to declare bankruptcy due to sick pay being insufficient to cover his bills.
Write to your MP with us and…
No-one should be punished for getting ill.
"I was already struggling at the time of diagnosis and we had no savings."
Tony was diagnosed with leukaemia and as a result had to declare bankruptcy due to sick pay being insufficient to cover his bills.
Write to your MP with us and… https://t.co/Cgsg6HPImJ
“Government reforms to ensure employers pay a higher rate of sick pay from day one wouldn't just be an act of compassion, it is good economic sense.”-Amanda Walters, Director of @Prog_Change
Join the campaign today!
More on the call for a #SafeSickPay👇🏿
centreforprogressivechange.org/blog/sick-pay-…
‘I worked from my hospital bed after chemotherapy'
Clare was penalised twice, by unpaid #sickpay waiting days and the low weekly amount.
Clare had no choice but to put her recovery at risk.
Great report by the Daily Mirror's @LizzyBuchan 👇
mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…
What a truly amazing young man Farid is. Losing his financial independence being reliant on his parents when starting out on his own impacted his self esteem. Financial burden on him was eye watering which is why @YLvsCancer is supporting @Prog_Change#SafeSickPay campaign
What a truly amazing young man Farid is. Losing his financial independence being reliant on his parents when starting out on his own impacted his self esteem. Financial burden on him was eye watering which is why @YLvsCancer is supporting @Prog_Change#SafeSickPay campaign
A powerful interview with @HennyBraund of @AnthonyNolan on BBC Radio Scotland this morning, on #sickpay and #cancer👉 "The financial safety net is failing too many. We've even got patients postponing treatment... "We're calling for sick pay to be at a livable level" #SafeSickPay
'Cancer slashed my income by £1,300 a month - patients shouldn't be penalised' Moving piece by @hannagsslr Health Editor of the Daily Express, who spoke to Mphango Simwaka. She was left on SSP after a shock cancer diagnosis at just 23 years old. express.co.uk/life-style/hea…
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