Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Bowel Care your guide to support services. Issued by the Department of Surgery

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1 Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Bowel Care your guide to support services Issued by the Department of Surgery

2 There are many sources of help for you and your family. You may wish to contact some of the following agencies. Some of them have volunteers to answer the telephone and others have an answer phone and ask you to leave a message and a number where you can be contacted. Aromatherapy Organisation Council Advice on how to find an aromatherapist in your area. Telephone: Fax Berwick and District Cancer Support Group Can offer one to one transport service to Wansbeck, Hexham and Borders General Hospitals and Great Western (Edinburgh) Hospital. Telephone: British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Can provide a list of trained counsellors. Telephone: or send a self-addressed envelope, with a stamp on, to: BACP House, 15 St. John s Business Park, Lutterworth LE17 4HB British Colostomy Association Offers support for patients who have stoma following bowel surgery. Telephone: cass@colostomyassociation.org.uk British Complementary Medicine Association Can provide a list of registered practitioners. Telephone:

3 British Homeopathic Association Provides a list of practising doctors. Send a self-addressed envelope, with a stamp on, to: 27a Devonshire Street, London W1N 1RJ Telephone: info@britishhomeopathic.org Cancer Bacup Information booklets, emotional support, practical advice. Telephone: Maggies Cancer Group, Newcastle Telephone: Siobhan.palmer@maggiescentres.org Cancer Support Groups Northumberland Offers meetings, support and information. Contact: Jim and Dee. Telephone: info@northumberlandcancersupportgroup.co.uk Carers Provides information and advice for carers. Carers North Tyneside Telephone: Carers Northumberland Telephone:

4 Citizens Advice Bureau Offers free confidential advice and information on many problems including financial ones. North Tyneside telephone: Northumberland, contact your local office: Alnwick Amble Ashington Berwick Blyth Cramlington Morpeth Colon Cancer Active Provides information on all aspects of colorectal cancer. Telephone: , Monday to Friday 10-4pm, 24 hour answer phone. Coping with Cancer (North East) Offers help and support. Telephone: Disability North Information and advisory service working with and on behalf of disabled people, their carers and people working with them. The Dene Centre, Castle Farm Road, Gosforth. Telephone:

5 The Ileostomy and Internal Pouch Support Group Gives practical and emotional support for patients who have had their colon removed. Telephone: Macmillan Cancer Support Can provide Macmillan Nurses, advice and counselling. Information line: Telephone: Marie Curie Care Specialist nursing and medical care. Marie Curie Centre (Hospice) Offers specialist nursing and medical care. Telephone: National Association of Colitis and Crohn s disease (NACC) Nationwide charity with local groups for patients who suffer from colitis or crohns disease. Crohns and Colitis UK (NACC) 4, Beaumont House Sutton Road St Albans Herts AL1 5HH Telephone: info@crohnsandcolitis.org.uk 4

6 North Northumberland Day Hospice Offers support to patients and carers and provides an outreach service. Can also help with transport. Telephone: Relate Offers counselling to anyone experiencing difficulties in their Relationships. Telephone: Samaritans 24 hour listening service for anyone who is in distress or despair. Telephone: St Oswald s Hospice Offers specialist palliative care. Telephone: Tynedale Community Hospice Offers transport and practical help. Telephone:

7 Bowel Care Nurse Specialists If you would like further information or advice please contact your bowel care nurse specialist who will try and help you. North Tyneside General Hospital Telephone: ext 2179 (answer phone) (direct line and answerphone) The Green, Wallsend Telephone: (direct dial and answer phone) Wansbeck General Hospital Telephone: ext 3239 (answer phone) (direct line) Hexham General Hospital Telephone: (answer phone) 6

8 PIN 083/V4 Review date: November 2017