Demand for food parcels from cancer patients spikes since onset of pandemic

The charity has received almost 3,000 calls to its helpline and provided 1,600 meals to cancer patients since March of this year. Picture: Andy Buchanan/PA

Cancer patients are at increasing risk of poverty due to Covid-19, a charity has warned.

Purple House Cancer Support Centre said calls to its helpline service from patients seeking food parcels have spiked since the onset of the pandemic.