Heating help for cancer patients
Freezing cancer patients in East Lothian who can’t afford to heat their homes due to rising fuel bills are increasingly relying on charity handouts to keep warm.
Macmillan Cancer Support has given more than £15,000 in financial grants to 40 cancer patients in East Lothian. Of this, 68 per cent of people were assisted with their energy bills.
Across the UK, Macmillan is giving out almost twice as much in grants to help patients heat their homes than it was five years ago.
Elspeth Atkinson, Director of Macmillan Cancer Support for Scotland and Northern Ireland, said: “To feel too scared to put the heating on because of soaring energy bills is an unacceptable reality for thousands of vulnerable cancer patients who feel the cold more and spend long periods of time at home.”
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