To help you manage your diagnosis and treatment
People affected by cancer may face a range of psychological and social challenges. These may include things like emotional distress and changes to how you think about yourself, impact on your relationships and social functioning, worries about work, and financial difficulties.
To offer you personalised care and support
As part of the cancer team at Barts Health we have Macmillan cancer support workers who work alongside our specialist nurses and consultants. They support people who have a cancer diagnosis, are currently undergoing treatment, and those patients who are living with or beyond cancer.
Macmillan also offers holistic needs assessments where you can discuss your wider care, including:
Visit a Macmillan cancer support centre
Through a range of complementary therapies
These are designed to help you relax and manage symptoms including constipation, pain, insomnia, fatigue, breathlessness, muscular aches and anxiety.
We offer:
Referrals can be made by your key worker, nurse specialist or any member of your medical team.
Phone: 020 8539 5522 and use extension 5840.
The service is free of charge. If you would like to support the service, donations can be made to Special Purpose Fund 8404 at Barts Charity.
Throughout your care
And up to a year after your treatment has been completed. Our team of psychotherapists, psychiatrists and psychologists work closely with your doctors and nurses.
We support you to:
The following information is provided to newly diagnosed cancer patients at St Bartholomew's Hospital. However, many of the documents are relevant to patients being treated at our other hospitals.
The packs, which cover things like financial support and talking therapies, are usually provided by your clinical team, but you can also download all of the documents here.
Additional support, such as support groups and classes, are available on this page.
Group support is available for people with any type of cancer and their friends and families before, during or after treatment.
Every group provides an opportunity to talk to other people who are in a similar situation to you and to share experiences.
Groups offer a safe space to express emotions you might not want to share with your friends and family.
You might learn from those a little way ahead of you in their journey and develop your own strategies for coping.
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Group name |
Venue |
Frequency of meetings |
Contact |
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Primary breast cancer support group |
Maggie's Barts |
Third Tuesday of every month, 1-2pm |
Email or call 0203 904 3448 |
| Secondary cancer support group | Maggie's Barts | First Tuesday of every month, 1-2pm | Email or call 0203 904 3448 |
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Men's cancer support group |
Coming soon |
Email or call 020 3904 3448 |
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Ovarian cancer support group |
2nd Monday of the month 3:30 – 5:00pm |
Email or call 020 3904 3448 |
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Young women’s support group |
1st and 3rd Thursday of each month 12-1.30pm |
Email or call 020 3904 3448 |
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Friends and family support group |
2nd Thursday of each month 12-1.30pm |
Email or call 020 3904 3448 |
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LGBTIQ+ support group |
1st Thursday of each month 3pm-4pm |
Email or call 020 3904 3448 |
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Testicular support group |
St Bartholomew's, virtual meet up |
Monthly in the evening |
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Prostate support sroup |
Whipps Cross, virtual meet up |
Monthly |
TBC |
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Breast cancer support group |
Whipps Cross |
On hold |
Call Tina Donoghue, 020 8535 6643 |
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Bladder cancer support group |
Whipps Cross |
Coming soon |
Call Sharan Hatch, 0208 5356790 |
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Chronic GvHD support group |
Virtual group accessed via Starleaf |
Every 2 months |
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Talking Heads |
On hold |
On hold |
Email Marianne Miller |