Dad has prostate, bladder, lung and prob other cancers. He's in a hospital where they are doing discharge assessment. But been in n out of hospital over the past year a lot! But no one has mentioned specialist nurses. Leicestershire- can we request a macmillan nurse? An NHS friend suggested to do this. As they have different skills n abilities to the srn's
Hello Kpnuts6 A warm welcome to the online Community.
When I was at my own MDT (Multi Disciplinary Meeting) meeting I was allocated a Macmillan Nurse and indeed she was very helpful and full of information.
As I am unaware of the protocols in Leicestershire may I make the following suggestions:
* To get a Macmillan nurse you need a referral from either the Doctor or Consultant so you need to have a word with who ever is in charge of Dad's discharge assessment.
* You give our support line a ring on 0808 808 00 00 (8am to 8pm 7 days a week) - They may well be able to offer you some help and support.
* There is plenty of support on the Community here. It's divided into cancer specific forums or chat rooms. I have shown below the links to the 3 forums you may find of help
Prostate cancer forum Bladder cancer forum Lung cancer forum
To join any forum, just click on the links provided. Once the page opens up just click on "join" on the black banner at the bottom of the page. You can then introduce yourself in the "New Here - Say Hello" section.
If I can do anything else for you please let me know.
Best wishes - Brian.
Macmillan Support Line - 0808 808 00 00, 7 days a week between 8am-8pm
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