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Macmillan Personalised Care Team @ the Great Western Hospital

Macmillan Personalised Care Team @ the Great Western Hospital

Practical help and support groups

We are Macmillan Personalised Care team. This new service aims to meet your health and wellbeing needs following your cancer diagnosis, supporting you to live well with and beyond cancer. The service will aim to provide you with tools & strategies to help you self manage your cancer diagnosis. We work closely with a range of allied healthcare professionals in order to deliver care tailored to your individual needs. Health & wellbeing services we offer: ‘Take control’ workshops; Face to Face site specific workshops; Library of workshop videos; ‘Cancer Buddy’s’; Cancer prehab & rehab; 1:1 Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy clinics for patients with complex needs - Referrals to CANbe, 6 free gym sessions following personal trainer assessment of patient for group exercise, Carers ‘Time & Space’ Workshops and Cancer Carers Cafés.

You can ask to be referred to our service through your site specific CNS or you can even self-refer through our email: gwh.macmillanpctreferrals@nhs.net send us an email and we will contact you to discuss your specific needs. Alternatively our telephone number is: 01793 607819.

We offer:

  • Befriending
  • Benefits Advice
  • Cancer information materials
  • Cancer information materials in other languages
  • Information
  • Look Good, Feel Better
  • Other services
  • Professional counselling
  • Self Help & Support Groups
  • Signposting to other services
  • Support from Health Professionals
  • User groups
  • Volunteering activities

Catchment area:

Swindon & surrounding areas

  • Opening times:

    Mon – Fri am to 5pm

Interested in joining us?

Just come along to our next meeting, or get in touch with us on the details below.

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