For World Cancer Day 2025 we took this campaign right to the doorstep of Parliament. More than half a million cancer patients have waited too long for treatment over the past decade. We broadcast this appalling news and shared a strong message from patients, frontline workers and our campaign co-founder Professor Price: no more excuses, it’s time to catch up with cancer. 

Football legend Bryan Robson OBE joined us in calling for a bold, brave and fully-funded national cancer plan. The Radiotherapy UK patron, who had surgery and radiotherapy for throat cancer in 2012, met with more than 100 MPs, spoke with patients and delivered a letter for the government to the front door of No.10 Downing Street. 

The day finished with a win, as government agreed to include radiotherapy in its promised national cancer plan, and to work with Radiotherapy UK and charities like ours. The pledge came thanks to a debate on fair access to radiotherapy, requested by Tim Farron MP, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Radiotherapy. During the debate, many MPs highlighted the tragic impact of long waits and poor access to modern treatments on UK cancer patients.  

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Watch our World Cancer Day message here.