you have been hearing from cancer patients, contact at macmillan?ence and never more so and anxious experience and never more so than now. people who have got cancer are living in fear of coronavirus infection, they are distraught they cannot see their loved ones and frustrated they cannot live their lives to the fullest. but they are also worried about disruption or changes to their cancer ca re about disruption or changes to their cancer care and treatment. that demonstrates the message from macmillan, you might be in isolation, you are not alone, so please reach out for support from ourtrainers and please reach out for support from our trainers and nurses on the phone. it also demonstrates the importance of cancer not becoming forgotten in this crisis and government having recovery plans to get cancer services back on track. what would you like to see by way of detailfrom the what would you like to see by way of detail from the nhs, what would you like to see by way of detailfrom the nhs, from the government, to get that message out to people tha

i'm joined now by steven mcintosh, director of policy, campaigns and influencing at macmillan cancer people the last few weeks have been a pretty ghastly. prisoners in their own homes in a sense. how much of a relief it is this going to be? this is a step forward in recognising that as the rest of society has details about what the easing of lockdown means, those people who are most isolated and vulnerable to coronavirus have felt left behind and forgotten. also they have been receiving mixed and confusing messages around the next steps of lockdown for them. as well as these details today, what we need now the government is a clear plan communicated in advance so that people who still face heavy restrictions on their movement understand what that next steps mean for them and what extra support is going to be available. some people are seeing maybe this is even too soon to be letting shielded people go out. are you clear that this science is ok on this and that it is safe ? science is ok on this and that it is safe? we do not have access to the government's epidemiological or scientif