# JustGiving health & medical campaigns double funds raised year-on-year

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/10/20/justgiving-health-medical-campaigns-double-funds-raised-year-year/
- Published: 2017-10-20T09:53:20+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**People in the UK are increasingly turning to JustGiving crowdfunding to raise 
money for personal medical costs and health expenses not available on the NHS, statistics
from the online giving platform have shown.**

The money raised by [JustGiving](https://www.justgiving.com) Health & Medical appeals
has doubled year-on-year, increasing from £10.5 million in September 2016 to £21
million in September 2017. Since 2015 over £40 million has been raised in this category
in the UK across nearly 32,000 individual campaigns from more than 1.2 million donors,
making it the largest category on the platform in the past year.

According to JustGiving, cancer is the most commonly crowdfunded illness with many
patients raising money for treatments that are not available on the NHS. Increasingly,
people are also crowdfunding for health treatments that are not accessible in the
UK, while another common type of medical crowdfunding is for people who have been
injured or fallen ill abroad and need money to pay for medical bills not covered
by insurance.

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Earlier this year. JustGiving reported that appeals to raise funds for cancer treatments
had [risen by 672%](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/02/09/crowdfunding-campaigns-cancer-treatments-see-seven-fold-increase-justgiving-in-year/)
in 2016 compared to the previous year. It also announced that a JustGiving appeal
to raise funds for British racing driver [Billy Monger](https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/04/26/billy-monger-appeal-becomes-fastest-ever-justgiving-fundraising-campaign/)
after having both legs amputated below the knee had become the fastest ever campaign
on the platform. It raised half a million pounds in under 24 hours and has since
raised £841,844.

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