When my husband was diagnosed and it was soon apparant he would be unable to continue working we we given contact numbers by his support worker (who was attached to his consultant oncologist) which included MacMillan, Citizens Advice Bureau and the Department of Work and Pensions( plus a charity connected directly with my husband's cancer who came to the house and helped us complete the specialist forms required) . In our case the DWP were extremely helpful and explained it all clearly and easily over the phone in the first instance and then sent out all appropriate forms to complete. My husband's benefits were put in place within six weeks but I am aware that it is a lot of form filling.
