Statutory sick pay and enhanced supports 'needed to help cancer patients return to work'

Research found that financial need was the most common reason for returning to work.

More than two in five people diagnosed with cancer are of working age highlighting the need for better employer and government supports to enable them to return to work, the Irish Cancer Society has said.

Launching the findings of a new study examining the challenges facing cancer patients returning to work, the national charity said statutory sick pay and enhanced supports are needed.