In this edition of Ripples I hear from five cancer patients, all connected through Shine - a charity for cancer patients from an age range that spans the 20s 30s and 40s.How are they dealing with the every day challenges and restrictions of lockdown and what effect is it having on their health?

Lockdown lives - the patients’ experience .

This is about the ripple effects that come in the wake of big decisions or events. The current pandemic is having a dreadful effect on everyone but there is one group of vulnerable people it’s hitting particularly hard. Cancer patients. How can they cope when they don’t know if/ when they’ll get their treatment? Are they being pushed to the back of the queue? What else can the NHS do as it is struggling to cope with this unprecedented crisis? I’ll be asking some of the people involved.

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