Macmillan Nurse ?

Hi and welcome to the online community but sorry to read of the circumstances that you brought you to us and I'm glad you reached out and I'll try and give you some advice.

This is a copy taken from the information page on Macmillan nurses 

• You'll need to be referred by your GP, your hospital consultant, a district nurse or a hospital ward sister. Don't hesitate to ask them if there are Macmillan nurses available in your area. 
• Macmillan nurses work throughout the country, but if there isn't a Macmillan service in your local area, you can be referred to alternative specialist services. 

Bluebellwoods, you will see that although your GP has overall responsibility for the care of your husband you can ask other health professionals for a referral as I understand it from reading the above the district nurse can make the referral as can your husband's hospital consultant.

If you feel that you "have been abandoned" by your usual GP you should phone the surgery and find out if he is your husband's designated doctor, you can also ask another doctor at the practice to have a look at your husband's notes and hopefully make the referral but until the referral is actually made the Macmillan wheels can't be put into motion.

I'm sorry this not the answer you were looking for but I can direct you to our telephone support team who maybe able to give you some more information the team members are all very friendly and will listen to everything you say and try and help you find a solution to this, they can be contacted every day of the week between 8 am and 8 pm and the freephone number to call is

0808 808 0000

I would urge you to make the call the team might be able to advise on any other concerns or worries that you have.

Ian

Thank you. The referral has been done and I have a number to call this morning