{"entity":{"id":"work-and-money-breast-cancer-uk","kind":"term","name":"Work and money during breast cancer treatment (UK)","aka":["sick pay","reasonable adjustments","Access to Work"],"tldr":"Cancer counts as a disability under the Equality Act, so once your employer knows they must consider reasonable adjustments; there is no legal right to paid time off for appointments unless your contract gives one, Statutory Sick Pay applies where there is no company scheme, and Macmillan's money advisers and benefits calculator are free.","summary":"Macmillan says the Equality Act 2010 (England, Scotland and Wales) and the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (Northern Ireland) protect people with cancer from being treated less favourably, that you do not have to tell your employer but they cannot make adjustments unless they know, that Access to Work offers grants to help people with a health condition keep working, and that carers are also protected from some discrimination. Its money advisers give free confidential advice on benefits and grants, and the benefits calculator shows what you can claim. For carers, the NHS says a carer's assessment is free for anyone over 18 and Carer's Allowance is £86.45 a week for 35 or more hours of care for someone on certain benefits. This is orientation from public patient pages and guidelines, not advice for your case: your own team's instructions and 24-hour number come first.","asOf":"2026-09-24","links":[{"label":"Macmillan: work and cancer","url":"https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/impacts-of-cancer/work-and-cancer"},{"label":"Macmillan: money and work","url":"https://www.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-information-and-support/get-help/financial-and-work"},{"label":"NHS: carer's assessments","url":"https://www.nhs.uk/social-care-and-support/support-and-benefits-for-carers/carer-assessments/"},{"label":"NHS: benefits for carers","url":"https://www.nhs.uk/social-care-and-support/support-and-benefits-for-carers/benefits-for-carers/"}],"tags":[],"related":[],"cancers":["tnbc"],"sections":[],"technologies":[],"targets":[],"drugs":[],"companies":[],"institutions":[],"pathways":[],"terms":["financial-toxicity"],"trials":[],"people":[],"bottlenecks":[],"keyPapers":[],"journals":[],"dependsOn":[],"notes":[],"category":"Clinic basics"},"route":"/terms/work-and-money-breast-cancer-uk/","neighbours":{"cancer":[{"id":"tnbc","kind":"cancer","name":"Triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC)","route":"/cancers/tnbc/"}],"term":[{"id":"financial-toxicity","kind":"term","name":"Financial toxicity","route":"/terms/financial-toxicity/"}]}}