Macmillan Cancer Support Apps
There are two new Apps available to Cancer Patients that are evidence-based therapies and free through Macmillan Cancer Support:
Sleepio App
for poor sleep and insomnia, addresses unique needs with a personalised programme, featuring sessions with step-by-step guidance through evidence-based techniques, available night or day. In a UK clinical trial, 76% of patients experienced improvement in their sleep.
Daylight App
for worry and anxiety, helps people gain control over their anxiety with personalised therapeutic content. It’s available when it’s needed the most, providing you with evidence based techniques to cope in the moment. In a clinical trial, 71% of patients experienced reductions in anxiety.
The Apps can be downloaded from this link: www.bighealth.co.uk/lp/macmillan/Palliative Care – Planning Ahead
All our lives we prefer to make choices about the way we live, and we make these choices based on what matters most to us. Everyone is different, and their choices are different, too.
If we meet health problems in the future, we will want to make choices about how we are treated. Sometimes there are lots of options and sometimes options are limited, but we will still make our decisions based on what matters most to us.
Sometimes, people don’t feel well enough to choose at the time when important health-care decisions need to be made.
This tool will help to think ahead about some of those choices, so you can decide what matters most to you and consider some of those choices ahead of time – please click the following link: advancecareplanning.org.uk/planning-aheadCancer Care Nurse
Jacqui Graves is a highly experienced Registered General Nurse with extensive knowledge and skills developed over 36 years across the National Health Service, Charitable and Private Investment Sector. The majority of her career has been supporting people affected by cancer as a Cancer Nurse Specialist in Oxford and working directly for many years for Macmillan Cancer Support.
Jacqui is also a Trustee at Penny Brohn UK, a charity which offers a holistic approach to helping people live well with cancer – The Bristol Whole Life Approach – which gives anyone affected by cancer the practical, emotional and social support they need to improve their quality of life and to manage the fear and uncertainty that a cancer diagnosis may bring.
Jacqui started at the Windrush Medical Practice as a volunteer vaccinator earlier this year, during the Covid-19 Pandemic, and is now employed to deliver our new Cancer Care Review Clinics.
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Patient Questionnaire for Cancer Care Reviews
To submit a cancer care review, please submit an online consultation through Engage Consult and select “Contact the Practice”.
Cancer Care Review
With increasing numbers of people surviving their Cancer diagnosis, primary care has an important role in supporting people to live well with and beyond cancer. The Cancer Care Review (CCR) is a conversation between a person and their GP or Practice Nurse about their cancer journey.
For more information, please visit the ‘What is a Cancer Care Review?’ page.The Macmillan Deaf Cancer Support Project
The Macmillan Deaf Cancer Support Project is available to anyone living with cancer in the Deaf community. It also supports their carers, including Deaf people who are supporting a hearing person living with cancer.
You can access the service by contacting DeafCancer@selfhelp.org.uk. Referrals can also be made by healthcare professionals in the same way.Sue Ryders Bereavement Services
Sue Ryders Bereavement Services – available for all patients, includes information regarding:
Online bereavement community
Bereavement Information and Grief Advice
Online Bereavement Counselling
Terminal Illness Information
Website
www.sueryder.orgHere for Health
Health Promotion Service – Run in Partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support: Living with and beyond cancer – Oxford University Hospitals (ouh.nhs.uk)
Patients and Carers self-refer via email to hereforhealth@ouh.nhs.uk or call on 01865 221429.Macmillan Cancer Support
Macmillan are there to help everyone with cancer live life as fully as they can, providing physical, financial and emotional support. So whatever cancer throws your way, they’re right there with you.
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Cancer information and support – Macmillan Cancer SupportDigital Legacy Association
When someone passes away, your loved ones won’t be able to access your photo’s, messages or close the accounts down on a digital platform.
Further information: Facebook Digital Assets and Digital Legacy Tutorial – Digital Legacy Association.Social Media Will Template
Social Media Will template – This is free for member of the general public to download, save and print. Once the social medical will has been completed it can be used to help ensure that you end of life and digital legacy wishes are adhered to: Social Media Will – Digital Legacy Association.
Live Well Oxfordshire
This is a live Oxfordshire-wide database, which contains local services and activities, a calendar of events. Under ‘key words’ put cancer and a host of options are available:
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www.livewell.oxfordshire.gov.ukPenny Brohn UK – Live Well With Cancer
Cancer impacts your whole life. They’re here to help you find ways to care for your mind, body, emotions, spirit, heart and soul.
Website
www.pennybrohn.org.ukCompassion In Dying
Contains information regarding end of life care – supporting your choices. Please visit the below website for further information:
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www.compassionindying.org.ukTell Us Once
Tell Us Once is a service that lets you report a death to most government organisations in one go.
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GOV: Tell us Once