Health & Wellbeing Resources and Information Hub

Communication & dysphagia support for head & neck cancer patients under oncological care, and for those with other cancer diagnoses who are inpatients or on-treatment at BHOC

Information about Spinal Chord Tumours from Macmillan

Information from Macmillan

Macmillan equine therapy for patients with cancer

Information from Macmillan

Rehabilitation and reablement can be provided at one of the Step Down Rehabilitation Bed Units

Skylarks Rehabilitation Unit at Yate
Henderson Rehabilitation Unit, Thornbury
The Willows Nursing Care Home, Bristol
Deerhurst Care Home, Bristol
Orchard Grove Reablement Centre, Bristol
Windmill House, Thornbury

Information from Macmillan

Information from Cancer Research UK

Information from Cancer Research UK

Information on supporting someone with cancer from Macmillan

Information on supporting someone with cancer from Macmillan

Supportive Souls – for those supporting people with Breast Cancer

SWAG Clinical Advisory Groups

SWAG treatment protocols

Macmillan Support podcast covering a range of subjects

Macmillan Support podcast covering a range of subjects

Macmillan Support podcast covering a range of subjects

Macmillan Support podcast covering a range of subjects

Macmillan Support podcast covering a range of subjects

Information and support for ovarian cancer

Produced by the Target Ovarian Cancer UK charity. They speak to healthcare professionals on a range of topics.

Provides treatment, emotional support and practical advice to people affected by cancer

Information from Macmillan

Information from Cancer Research UK

Information on the different types of tests used to diagnose cancer from Macmillan

Information on the different types of tests used to diagnose cancer from Cancer Research UK

Book.Aimed at families with kids ages 4 to 10, this method of teaching is based on decades of solid science about how kids learn and cope with the major day-to-day changes that result from issues like cancer. What Happens When Someone I Love Has Cancer? is the perfect book for families that want to explain what cancer actually is and how it affects a kid’s life, and applies to mothers, fathers, grandparents, siblings, and many types of cancer, including breast cancer, colon cancer, blood cancers such as leukemia, and bone cancers
Available in bookshops and Amazon

Presented by oncology nurses, interviewing leading consultants to provide a better understanding of different cancers. Covering topics such as fatigue, prostate cancer and alopecia

Presented by oncology nurses, interviewing leading consultants to provide a better understanding of different cancers. Covering topics such as fatigue, prostate cancer and alopecia

Brain tumour information and support

Macmillan information for people finding it hard to maintain weight with cancer

Information on the Disability Discrimination Act from Cancer Research

The End of Life Care Coordination Centre is a single point of access for all health care professionals who are caring for patients towards the end of their lives. They provide an overview of the health and social care services that are available in North Somerset. This enables them to tailor a package of care to meet patient’s needs, allowing them to be cared for and die in their place of choice.

Information and support for those affected by gynaecological cancers.

Charity offering free, confidential and professional counselling and psychotherapy for people facing death, dying and bereavement. It provides one-to-one, couple and group therapies.

The Institute of Cancer Research, London, has a strong track record in progressing research from bench to bedside through state-of-the art clinical trials. From first-in-human studies to large multicentre trials, we’re committed to delivering innovative, practice-changing clinical trials, particularly to assess the latest precision treatments

Hints and tips for dealing with cancer diagnosis and the side effects of treatment

Interviews with specialists discussing the science around treating prostate cancer

Cancer in the Community

The Sleep Charity produces a wide range of evidence-based information on all aspects of sleep from triggers to treatments.

The inpatient Specialist Occupational Therapist provides support to the William Budd Oncology ward and works as part of the wider palliative care team at the RUH.

The Therapies Oncology and Palliative Care Team work with patients from point of diagnosis, during and beyond treatment. The service provides:
• 1:1 interventions to support patients to prepare for treatment (prehab)
• 1:1 clinics to support patients to self-manage symptoms and side-effects of treatment, maintain usual activities and increase physical activity.
• The Macmillan HOPE (Help Overcoming Problems Effectively) course alongside CNS and Cancer Support Worker colleagues from the Macmillan Information and Support Service.
• The Move On Up exercise class for patients wishing to return to formal exercise
• Hydrotherapy exercise classes for patients with cancer related lymphoedema & reduced range of movement.

The inpatient Specialist Occupational Therapist provides support to the William Budd Oncology ward and works as part of the wider palliative care team at the RUH.

The Therapies Oncology and Palliative Care Team work with patients from point of diagnosis, during and beyond treatment. The service provides:
• 1:1 interventions to support patients to prepare for treatment (prehab)
• 1:1 clinics to support patients to self-manage symptoms and side-effects of treatment, maintain usual activities and increase physical activity.
• The Macmillan HOPE (Help Overcoming Problems Effectively) course alongside CNS and Cancer Support Worker colleagues from the Macmillan Information and Support Service.
• The Move On Up exercise class for patients wishing to return to formal exercise
• Hydrotherapy exercise classes for patients with cancer related lymphoedema & reduced range of movement.

The inpatient Specialist Occupational Therapist provides support to the William Budd Oncology ward and works as part of the wider palliative care team at the RUH.

The Therapies Oncology and Palliative Care Team work with patients from point of diagnosis, during and beyond treatment. The service provides:
• 1:1 interventions to support patients to prepare for treatment (prehab)
• 1:1 clinics to support patients to self-manage symptoms and side-effects of treatment, maintain usual activities and increase physical activity.
• The Macmillan HOPE (Help Overcoming Problems Effectively) course alongside CNS and Cancer Support Worker colleagues from the Macmillan Information and Support Service.
• The Move On Up exercise class for patients wishing to return to formal exercise
• Hydrotherapy exercise classes for patients with cancer related lymphoedema & reduced range of movement.

Information from Macmillan

Charity offering free information, advice and support to people with cancer affecting the throat, mouth, neck and chest and raising awareness of these conditions.

Information from Macmillan

Information from Cancer Research UK

Information from Macmillan

Information from Cancer Research UK

Information and resources to people living with diagnosed, or undiagnosed, thyroid conditions including thyroid cancer. People can get help and support through its online community, led by people with a lived experience of thyroid conditions. Support is also given through its local support groups, by email and telephone, and via its Facebook page.