Personal Folder - Version 5 (June 2010)

Please click on the links below to take you to the various chapters in the patient folder.

Please note: There is deliberately no chapter 5 because this is the individual hospital and cancer site specific information. Where this has been done, it will be available from the Clinical Nurse Specialists.

• 1. Introduction:  
  
  Your personal folder – introduction for patients
  Talking about worries and concerns
  Introduction for Healthcare Professionals
  Personal Details
  The 3 Counties Cancer Network
  3 Counties Cancer Network Websites
  

• 2. General  
  Questions to ask
  Cancer Registration
  Transport and Car Parking
  Appointments
  Phlebotomy services (blood tests)
  Medications
  Note for Health Care Professionals regarding medications
  Medication sheets
  

• 3. Contact Details 
  
  Healthcare Team
  Keyworker
  Local Oncology Service
  The Mobile Chemotherapy Unit
  The Hereford Suite
  Bed and Breakfast Accommodation near
  Cheltenham General Hospital
  Patient Advice and Liaison Service (PALS)
  

• 4. Tests 
  
  Tests and investigations
  X-rays and scans
  Other general tests

• 6. Information  
  Introduction
  Information Prescriptions
  Information Centres within the Network
  The FOCUS Cancer information and Support Centre, Cheltenham and an introduction to FOCUS
  Information Record
  National Information Resources
  Information and Support for Carers
  Emotional Impact of Cancer
  Talking to Children about Cancer
  

• 7. Support Advice 
  
  Managing Fatigue Related to Cancer
  Financial Support – Grants and Benefits
  Nutrition
  Food diary
  Prescription Charges
  Travel Insurance
  Wigs
  

• 8. Professional Support 
  
  Allied Health Professionals and Rehabilitation
  Complementary Therapies
  Counselling
  Lymphoedema services
  Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT)
  Patient and Carer Involvement
  Research Network Clinical Trials Team
  The Role of the Social Worker in Hospital and Community Settings
  Living with Cancer - Supportive and Palliative Care
  

• 9. Hospice and Day Care Centre Information 
  
  Introduction
  What is a hospice?
  
  Hospices
  • Cotswold Care (Gloucestershire)
  • Great Oaks (Gloucestershire)
  • Kemp Hospice (Worcestershire)
  • Mary Stevens (Worcestershire)
  • Primrose (Worcestershire)
  • Prospect Hospice (Swindon – covering part of Gloucestershire)
  • St Michael’s (Hereford)
  • St Richards (Worcestershire)
  • Sue Ryder (Gloucestershire)
  • Wheatstone (Gloucestershire)
  
  Day Care Centres
  • Bracken Trust (Powys)
  • Breast Care Haven (Hereford)
  • Usk House Day Hospice (Brecon)
  • Penny Brohn Cancer Care (Bristol)

• 10. Folder Comments 
  
  Acknowledgements
  Feedback