Blood Cancer Awareness Month

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That this House recognises that September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month; commits to raising awareness of blood cancers and the life-saving role of stem cell donation; encourages greater sign-ups to the UK stem cell register to improve access to suitable donors for patients in need; acknowledges the findings of Anthony Nolan’s Improving the mental health and wellbeing of cell therapy patients report; expresses strong concerns about the significant gaps and inequalities within the provision of necessary psychological support for cell therapy patients in the UK; notes the inconsistent care for family members and sibling donors; further notes the shortcomings of long-term psychological follow-ups for patients; calls for consistent specialist psychological support for patients receiving stem cell transplants, CAR-T and gene therapy; understands the needs to provide equal psychological support to patients with non-cancer diagnoses; and further calls for the voices of patients and patient families to be at the heart of the UK’s healthcare policy direction.