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Real stories from our patients, staff and supporters

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Helping Unlock Important Financial Support When Circumstances Change Due to Ill Health

Our hospital-based advice service has now helped secure over £5 million in financial support through benefits and other social security entitlements for patients, carers and staff.

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Why I Walked the Kiltwalk: A Thank You From the Heart

Over the past few years, the NHS has been there for my family again and again. When life felt frightening and uncertain, they were the constant that held us together. Walking the Kiltwalk with my Aunt Bev was not just a challenge. It was our way of saying thank you.

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a group of NHS Lothian staff in NHS Lothian Charity t-shirts holding a sign saying 'Finisher' after completing the Hairy Haggis Relay at the Edinburgh International Festival

Running together for something bigger: the Research Team at the Edinburgh Cancer Centre take on the EMF Hairy Haggis

In May 2026, a team of 12 colleagues from across cancer services and research came together to take on the Edinburgh Marathon Festival Hairy Haggis Relay Race – proving that extraordinary things can happen when people come together!

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Charlene Kay, PhD fellow funded by the Charity's Breast Cancer Institute

From Diagnosis to Discovery: How Your Support Is Changing Breast Cancer Care

Every day at the Edinburgh Cancer Centre, life-changing conversations take place. The Breast Unit at the Centre is the largest and busiest in the UK, with around 840 people diagnosed with breast cancer each year. For nearly one in three patients, the cancer has already spread or returned.

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