A UNIVERSITY course to help students make sense of the welfare and benefits system, so they can assist people living with cancer and other long term health conditions, will produce its first graduates next week.
Twenty two students, mostly welfare, health and social care professionals, are to graduate next Wednesday from Stirling University's Macmillan Cancer Support Welfare and Benefits course – the first of its kind in the UK.
It is designed to improve the quality of information, advice and support offered to people affected by both cancer and conditions such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder, Parkinson's disease and mental ill-health.
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