Head And Neck Dorset Support Cancer Group
About HANDS
WE OFFER SUPPORT
Meetings
ABOUT HANDS
HANDS is a patient led support group for people and their carers/families who have experienced head and neck cancer. We are supported by the clinical nurse specialists from Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
We welcome patients and their families to our meetings. It is an opportunity to share experiences, information and advice.
The group fully respects individual confidentiality. We communicate as much or as little as we want to, all in an informal situation.
We OFFER Support
■ Offer mutual help, support and friendship
■ An opportunity to share experiences
■ Professional support
■ Buddy Scheme: patient-to-patient support.
■ To listen to each other
Come to a meeting
POOLE
Meetings held at Lewis Manning House, 1 Crichel Mount Road, Lilliput, Poole, BH14 8LT. 3-5pm
NEXT 2018 MEETINGS: 7th February, 4th April, 6th June,
5th September, 5th December
Please check with the nurse specialists about the venue as an alternate to
Lewis Manning maybe arranged
DORCHESTER
Meetings held from 5-7pm at West Annexe, Dorset County Hospital, Damers Road, Dorchester DT1 2LB
NEXT 2018 MEETINGS: 7th March, 2nd May, 4th July,
5th September, 7th November
Please check with the nurse specialists prior to the meetings in case there is a change in venue
WE OFFER SUPPORT
HANDS is a patient led support group for people and their carers/families who have experienced head and neck cancer. We are supported by the clinical nurse specialists from Poole Hospital NHS Foundation trust.
VIEW PATIENT's Stories
HANDS SUPPORT
LEWIS MANNING
Buddy SCHEME
Rehabilitation
After care
HANDS SUPPORT
Exercise Referral Scheme
Please contact your GP to discuss whether a GP prescription to your Gym would be appropriate.
The Bournemouth After Cancer Survivorship Project (BACSUP)
The aim was to promote physical, psychological, social, and spiritual health and wellbeing and include strategies to promote self care for living with and beyond cancer.
www.nhs.uk/carersdirect
A wide range of information to help you in your caring role, including advice on keeping yourself well.
Getting insurance when you have cancer
Information about travel insurance and the options available for people who have or have had cancer. Please visit the Macmillan website for insurance advice by clicking here
Mental health issues
The Primary Care Mental Health Service can help support people with mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, and post traumatic stress disorder, through counselling.
LEWIS MANNING
Lewis Manning New View Programme
The aim of the programme is to encourage and support patients with Head and Neck cancer to manage changes following treatment, as well as to help you become actively involved in looking after your health and wellbeing.
Download leaflet
BUDDY SCHEME
Buddy Scheme - patient-to-patient support
If you would like to offer buddying or befriending to someone who has been diagnosed with head and neck cancer, please contact the head and neck clinical nurse specialists at Poole Hospital. There may be opportunities to undertake a short training course to provide an overview of what is involved in the role of buddy/befriender and enable you to manage the emotional demands of this.
Annual free sponsored mouth cancer 10km awareness walk
Read about the walk
REHABILITATION
Exercise referral scheme
Please contact your GP to discuss whether a GP prescription to your Gym would be appropriate.
The Bournemouth After Cancer Survivorship Project (BACSUP)
The aim was to promote physical, psychological, social, and spiritual health and wellbeing and include strategies to promote self care for living with and beyond cancer.
www.nhs.uk/carersdirect
A wide range of information to help you in your caring role, including advice on keeping yourself well.
Getting insurance when you have cancer
Information about travel insurance and the options available for people who have or have had cancer. Please visit the Macmillan website for insurance advice by clicking here
Mental health issues
The Primary Care Mental Health Service can help support people with mental health issues such as anxiety, depression, and post traumatic stress disorder, through counselling.
Sponsored awareness walk
There is an annual free sponsored mouth cancer 10km awareness walk Details here
After Care
Click on the links tab for full information about the following:
Awareness
Raising awareness
Poole Hospital’s head & neck cancer team are always looking for opportunities to highlight the risk factors connected to mouth cancer, raising awareness of its symptoms and the importance of early diagnosis as well as its links to the Human Papillomava Virus (HPV).