Study to understand people’s experiences of cancer services is launched

Brap, a national equality and human rights charity, are working on a project funded by Macmillan Cancer Support which aims to find out how and why people’s experience of cancer services differs in the UK.

Obviously, everybody’s experience of cancer and cancer services is different and unique. Yet they would like to understand whether particular groups face particular types of inequality or discrimination that need to be addressed. Do some people find it harder to access cancer services? Is everybody treated with the same amount of dignity and respect when receiving treatment or advice?

Brap are interested in making contact with people who are willing to talk about and share their experience of living with cancer, in particular, what they think about the care that they have received from cancer services.

In particular brap would like to speak with people from the following groups:

• Lesbian, gay and bisexual people
• Transgender people
• Black and minority ethnic people
• Older people
• People on lower incomes

This is a big ask – talking about experiences of cancer is challenging, talking about experiences of discrimination is challenging, talking about unfairness and disappointment is challenging too. They are asking you to get involved because they believe that this work can make a difference through its focus on real life experiences.

If you do take part your safety and confidentiality will be their  prime concern.

There are a number of ways to get involved:

• One-to-one interview – 1 hour
• Online survey – 20 minutes
• Focus group – 2 hours

If you would like to share your experiences you can contact Amy Wilkins at brap on 0121 456 7403 or email her