This is awful. Luckily for me, my workplace paid me full pay then half pay for a few months before I had to go onto SSP and I got a huge backpayment of PIP. I could not have worked from hospital, due to confidentiality of calls, plus being way too sick! metro.co.uk/2024/10/11/f...

I was forced to work from my hospital bed during cancer treatment

One of the worst things about cancer is the uncertainty of what might happen – you have no idea how long you might be out of action.

I was a contractor when I had my cancer diagnosis, coming to the end of the contract. I can clearly remember my boss saying "we've got to be compassionate, but also commercial" and then didn't manage to get my contract extended! Fortunately I was okay financially, which was just as well...