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Cancer's impact
has changed

Changes in trends are now affecting claims profiles, absence costs and return to work outcomes.

It's a long-term workforce reality.

Cancer is no longer a single medical event. It’s a long-term workforce reality, shaped as much by work, income, caring responsibilities and access to support as by the diagnosis itself. Today:

  • 24 %

    There’s a 24% increase in cancer incidence in under 50s

  • 1 million

    Almost 1 million people are working while living with cancer

  • £1.6 bn

    £1.6bn is lost each year to cancer related absence

This isn't a future risk

It’s already reshaping workforces, claims profiles and productivity. Download the infographic to explore more key insights and statistics.

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The uncomfortable truth:
outcomes are shaped outside the clinic

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    Cancer is now a core workforce risk - not a one-off claim

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    Prevention and early detection are underused workforce tools

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    The workplace is a powerful health platform

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The workforce issue

We must evolve to support employees throughout a longer, more complex cancer journey.

Video preview - prevention and detection underused tools

Prevention opportunity

Prevention and early detection remain massively underused in workforce wellbeing strategies.

The workplace as a health platform

Workplace health

Workplaces can be powerful platforms for long-term health.

This is a system challenge. And a shared responsibility.

The Same Diagnosis. Different Reality. 2026 Insight Report brings together:

  • Why cancer is now a workforce issue, not a discrete health event

  • What rising diagnosis in working age and younger people means for employers and insurers

  • The gendered impact on careers, finances and caring responsibilities

  • Why early detection, prevention and practical workplace support change outcomes

  • Clear implications for benefits, protection and return to work strategies


It’s designed to help you act earlier, and with confidence.

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The diagnosis may be the same

But the reality, and the outcome, is shaped by everything around it. Acting earlier changes the outcome.

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