Coronavirus Advice | Childhood Cancer | Children with Cancer UK

The most advice is to follow the COVID-19 advice of your child’s healthcare team and the NHS.

If your child has cancer, or has had cancer in the past, you might be worried about how coronavirus (COVID-19) affects your child and the rest of your family. The most important thing is to follow the COVID-19 advice of your child’s healthcare team and the NHS.

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Coronavirus advice for families affected by childhood cancer

If your child has cancer, or has had cancer in the past, you might be worried about how coronavirus (COVID-19) affects your child and the rest of your family. The most important thing is to follow the advice of your child’s healthcare team and the NHS.

Guidance from the Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group

The Children’s Cancer and Leukaemia Group (CCLG) has published guidance for children and young people with cancer undergoing treatment, which is especially useful for parents of children with cancer. This will be continuously updated.

Guidance from the One Cancer Voice

The One Cancer Voice group of charities has also developed the following further general guidance for cancer patients which you can view here. Please follow GOV.UK and the NHS website for the latest information about coronavirus. Support children going through cancer amid COVID-19 uncertainty

The coronavirus pandemic and self-isolation yet again

In isolation yet again, but this time with the whole world having a greater understanding of what it’s like to live with an ever-present uncertainty, panic and fear. Since Suki’s diagnosis, we have never taken anything for granted. As difficult as this coronavirus pandemic is for everyone, it perhaps gives people a glimpse into a life like ours…

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Clara was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia when she was just four years old. Now a children’s nurse, Clara reflects on her childhood and her decision to go into nursing, as well as discussing what it is like to be a nurse during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Isolation during treatment for a child with cancer

Isolation for a child with cancer means they have to be kept in a hospital room away from all people and public places. This is because they are so vulnerable to becoming infected when their immune systems are weakened.

COVID–19 Advice to research grant holders Childhood cancer treatments

At Children with Cancer UK, we understand that the COVID-19 pandemic will have a significant impact on research activities and the researchers we are funding.

Give hope to children facing cancer amid COVID-19 uncertainty

The entire world is currently facing a period of uncertainty due to the Coronavirus pandemic. However, what does remain certain is that 12 children and young people will continue to be diagnosed with cancer every day in the UK.

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