THE CANCER REHABILITATION SUPPORT TEAM CReST

The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Support Nurse

The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation
This is a national charity that has been established solely to fight lung cancer.
It funds research, health promotion work and lung cancer patient support facilities to tackle this disease.

The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Support Nurse is here to help patients and their families to cope with the difficulties and anxieties which lung cancer can cause.

Who are we?

Roy Castle Lung Cancer Support Nurses are registered nurses with a high level of experience to enable them to care for and support people with lung cancer and their families.

What do we do?

The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Support Nurse here at Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology offers information about lung cancer and the different treatment types as well as advice and support to the lung cancer patient and their family.

Support can help you and your family cope with your illness, with the effects of treatment and with the fears and worries you may have about the future. You may have symptoms such as breathlessness or pain that are causing you concern or anxiety and we can help with this also.

We work in partnership with nurses, doctors, radiographers and other healthcare professionals providing an important link between Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology, your local hospital and GP surgery.

Contacting the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Support Nurse

If you wish to see the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Support Nurse you can contact her directly, Monday - Friday, 9.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
Or ask your:

• Doctor
• Radiographer
• Nurse
  Who can contact her by telephone or page via the hospital switchboard.

Telephone number (0151) 334 1155 ext. 4856

A telephone answering service is also in operation and calls will be returned within 24 hours during the week.

The Roy Castle Lung Cancer Support Nurse is not available at weekends or bank holidays but a trained nurse is always available to answer queries.

Telephone the hospital on (0151) 334 1155 and ask for the senior nurse on duty.

Specific
Rehabilitation:

Introduction

Our Team

Macmillan Women's Cancer

Lung Cancer Support

Macmillan Pallative Care

Radiotherapy Liaison Nurse

Colorectal Cancer Nursing

Therapists

Dietetics

Chaplains