Across the UK last year £90.8 million of benefits went unclaimed by terminally ill cancer patients, the findings show.
Cancer patients are given a lot of information when they are diagnosed, such as the benefits of wearing a medical alert bracelet. However, it seems that there is a lack of financial advice available to patients.
The charity is calling for financial advice to be automatically given to people when they are diagnosed and throughout their illness.
Disability living allowance, which was £70.35 a week last year, was not claimed by 32 per cent of people dying from cancer, the findings from Macmillan show.
Allan Cowie, general manager for Macmillan in Scotland, said: 'The benefits system is confusing and complex and, for someone who is unwell, it can seem impossible to navigate.'
Cancer patients are given a lot of information when they are diagnosed, such as the benefits of wearing a medical alert bracelet. However, it seems that there is a lack of financial advice available to patients.
The charity is calling for financial advice to be automatically given to people when they are diagnosed and throughout their illness.
Disability living allowance, which was £70.35 a week last year, was not claimed by 32 per cent of people dying from cancer, the findings from Macmillan show.
Allan Cowie, general manager for Macmillan in Scotland, said: 'The benefits system is confusing and complex and, for someone who is unwell, it can seem impossible to navigate.'
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