Unite. Diagnose. Save Lives.
“If there was a diagnostic test, we’d have had more precious time to make memories with Dad.”
Join our campaign calling on governments across the UK to finally make early detection of pancreatic cancer a reality.
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Be an active part of changing the future - join our community of passionate campaigners
If you’re passionate about creating a better future for people with pancreatic cancer, we need you.
Our campaigns call on governments and NHS bodies across the UK to drive up standards in diagnosis, treatment and care.
Our current campaigns
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Our chance to transform cancer research through law
We’re excited to be supporting the Rare Cancers Bill, a new potential law, which passed its second reading in the House of Commons this March.
If it becomes law, it has the potential to improve survival rates for pancreatic cancer and other cancers that have been left behind.
Respond to the Cancer Plan survey
The Government has launched a consultation asking for our views on cancer diagnosis, treatment and care in England.
Please complete the survey to make sure pancreatic cancer is not overlooked. You have until 29 April to respond.
We're calling for an end to PERT shortages
Simple tablets called Pancreatic Enzyme Replacement Therapy (PERT) – also known as Creon, or Nutrizym – can help people with pancreatic cancer to cope better with treatment and manage their symptoms. But right now there are major shortages of PERT across the UK, affecting at least 61,000 people.
A proactive response is needed from the Government to end the shortages.
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Some of our past campaigns
Demand Survival Now
We came together during the General Election in 2025 to year to raise awareness of pancreatic cancer among major political parties and the new Government.
As a result, two major political parties committed to prioritise pancreatic cancer in their manifestos.
Don't Write Me Off
Did you know that 7 in 10 people with pancreatic cancer never receive treatment? Not even chemotherapy. And that more than half of people die within three months of diagnosis? It’s shocking, and it’s shameful.
But does pancreatic cancer have to be a death sentence? No. With a faster, fairer treatment and care journey, and funding to make it happen, more people can be treated and have a chance to survive.
We’ve been telling governments – don’t write off people with pancreatic cancer.
No Time to Wait
“I am one of the lucky ones. Because of my quick pancreatic cancer diagnosis, I could get life saving surgery.”
The NHS is facing a crisis. The pandemic, staff shortages and underfunding have pushed it to breaking point. Even before this, people with pancreatic cancer were being diagnosed too late to survive.
More than 50,000 of us are demanding that UK governments take urgent action through our recent petition.
Transform lives: Prescribe
Right now thousands of people with pancreatic cancer don’t have access to a simple prescription that could stop them starving. We’re calling on the NHS to prescribe what people with the quickest killing cancer urgently need to live the time they have left to the fullest.
Our work influencing cancer strategies across the UK
We’re campaigning to put pancreatic cancer at the heart of government cancer strategies across the UK. Find out about brilliant progress in Scotland, and the latest on Wales in Northern Ireland cancer plans.
Kim from Edinburgh explains why she campaigns with us
NHS worker Kim (pictured below left) campaigns tirelessly to raise awareness of pancreatic cancer and improve treatment – helping us to build hope for people in Scotland. Like many of our supporters and volunteers, Kim’s family has had first-hand experience of this tough disease.
“Sadly, I’ve lost two loved ones to pancreatic cancer, my great uncle William and my Nana Mary. They died 20 years apart but little progress had been made in treating the illness over that time. In this day and age, it’s shocking that nothing has really changed. I made a promise to my Nana, who died in 2012, that no other family affected by pancreatic cancer will suffer like our family. By campaigning with Pancreatic Cancer UK, I hope I’m living up to my promise. We’ve been making a difference via the Scottish Parliament, support groups, family support. We need more awareness and research, and that’s why I do what I do.”
Latest news
29 April 2025
Pancreatic cancer in the spotlight
The TCS London Marathon 2025 was the year for pancreatic cancer. Read our highlights as we celebrate being Charity of the Year, and how we are one ste...
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25 April 2025
Something is Missing
Today, we’ve launched a powerful parody film trailer, ‘Something is Missing’, to shine a spotlight on pancreatic cancer and highlight that GPs have no...
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23 April 2025
New NHS Blood Test Trial Unveiled to Improve early detection for 12 Common Cancers
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Wes Streeting, has announced a new blood test trail which aims to help improve the early detection ...
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29 April 2025
Pancreatic cancer in the spotlight
The TCS London Marathon 2025 was the year for pancreatic cancer. Read our highlights as we celebrate being Charity of the Year, and how we are one ste...
Read more25 April 2025
Something is Missing
Today, we’ve launched a powerful parody film trailer, ‘Something is Missing’, to shine a spotlight on pancreatic cancer and highlight that GPs have no...
Read more23 April 2025
New NHS Blood Test Trial Unveiled to Improve early detection for 12 Common Cancers
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Wes Streeting, has announced a new blood test trail which aims to help improve the early detection ...
Read more