Last year Luton cancer patients were helped to claim just under £2.3 million worth of benefits through Luton Cancer and Palliative Care Service’s Macmillan Welfare Rights Service. During the same period, more than £20,000 Macmillan Grants were awarded.

The service received 522 new referrals and a total of 550 claims were submitted. It handled 175 telephone assessments, 223 clinic appointments and 301 home visits.

The figures and more information about the service’s activities over the last year can be found in its annual service report for January – December 2015 which can be accessed here: