Hello Clairy; Sorry to read about your worries.  I have not been in your situation but I was a middle manager in a local authority in London where I live.  I retired a few years ago.  So far as making reasonable adjustments for members of staff with cancer - and other serious illnesses - they were not too bad and it helped that there was a strong trades union.  However over the years as things got tighter it did become more difficult.  Staff numbers were reduced - but not the amount of work - and senior management started to kind of take the line that you got your staff back to work as no leeway was given if targets were not met.  What we used to call Personnel - now Human Resources - were not so sympathetic either as time went on.    I am sure it is pretty much the same all the way round and heaven help those in some private sector workplaces where there may not be any unionisation.  I say "some" because I know there are some good companies out there who do their best to care for their staff seeing them as a valuable resource.    I don't know how your workplace is organised - is there any part of your organisation that would listen to you sympathetically and understand your position.   You probably already know about your rights but I attach a link anyway, just in case.    Do you have a line manager to whom you can talk frankly and who will answer your concerns with honesty?  Sometimes it is a mistake to just do your best and hope things will improve - it doesn't always happen.  Don't give up until you have tried to straighten things out.  My best wishes to you.  Annie

www.cancerresearchuk.org/.../the-disability-discrimination-act-and-cancer

Are you in a union?  If so, you should have contacted your union rep long before the situaiton got this bad.

If you're not in a union, it is possible that you would allow you to join and could offer some assistance, although it's fair to say that unions want people to join before they run into problems for reasons that I hope should be obvious. 

As others have said, if you're in a Union start there.

If not, it does sound like your employers are (possibly unknowingly) in breach of Disability Discrimination legislation. Contact your local MacMillan or Citizen's Advice service for advice. See www.macmillan.org.uk/.../legislation-about-work-and-cancer.html

You are legally entitled to "reasonable adjustments" which can include being given less stressful or physically demanding work. My own employers were pretty good but in the end I opted for early retirement - luckily I was over 55 the age at which this became a viable option.

I hope you get this reolved soon.
Dave