Macmillan Cancer Support Centre

Please find the team members of the Macmillan Cancer Support Centre below.

Kimberley Priestley - Macmillan Information and Support Service Manager

  

Joanna Henwood - Macmillan Welfare Rights Advisor

  

Laura Adamson - Macmillan Information Centre Co-ordinator

  

Amanda McMahon - Macmillan Information Centre Co-ordinator

  

Craig Plumb - Macmillan Information Centre Co-ordinator

  

For more information about cancer treatments please visit the cancer treatments section of our website.

There are lots of benefits that can help after a cancer diagnosis, but the system can be confusing. The benefits you are entitled to depend on many factors, such as your age, income and where you live.

We advise you to contact staff in the Macmillan Information Pod who can help you with this.

You can send them an email or view the top of this page for additional contact details.

If you would like to complete your own benefits assessment you can use one of the following links:

• https://benefits-calculator-2.turn2us.org.uk
• https://www.entitledto.co.uk

Contact details for the cancer nursing teams

Team	Contact number
Acute Oncology	01422 222 999
Breast	01924 542223
Chemotherapy Day Unit (Pinderfields)	01924 541142
Chemotherapy Day Unit (Pontefract)	01924 747134
Chemotherapy Day Unit (Dewsbury)	01924 512244
Gynaecology	01924 543091
Haematology Senior Charge Nurse	01924 542241
Haematology Secretaries	01924 543834
Head and neck	01924 542556 / 542250
Lower GI	01924 542277
Lung	01924 543977 / 543818
Skin	01924 212237 / 212236
Upper GI	01924 543408
Urology	01924 542279

 

Breast

MY Breast Cancer Support
Second Thursday of every month, 10am-12pm
The Cluntergate Centre, Horbury
Tel: Sara 07842 140381 or Alison 07939 702262

Pontefract Breast Group
First Thursday of every month, 10am-12pm
Conservative Club, Market Place, Pontefract
Tel: Rachel 07891 908641

Breast of Friends
Second Thursday of every month, 7.30pm-9pm
Pinderfields Trust HQ
Tel: 07976 412562 or 07866 382631

Upper GI

Panpals Leeds (pancreatic)
panpalsyorks@yahoo.co.uk

Colorectal and urology

Bowel and Urology Group
Third Thursday of every month, 2pm
Brook House Club, 221 Barnsley Road, Sandal, Wakefield, WF1 5NU
Tel: John 07974 657146

Myeloma

The Leeds Myeloma Support
Last Friday of the month, 1.30pm
Please phone for venue: 0113 2520097

Palliative Care

Wakefield Hospice Day Therapy
Drop in: Tuesday 9.15am-3.30pm, Wednesday 1pm-7pm
Tel: 01924 331400

The Rosewood Centre
Dewsbury and District Hospital
Tel: 01924 512039

The Prince of Wales Hospice Day Therapy
Various locations
Tel: 01977 708868

Kirkwood Hospice Family Care Team
Tel: 01484 557908

If you're a carer for someone with cancer and you need support then there are local groups that can help. 

In Wakefield you can contact Carers Wakefield or visit their Facebook page.

In Kirklees you can contact Carers Count or visit their Facebook page.

Need to speak to someone?

Email us with your number and we will call you back.

The following organisations can also provide you with emotional support:

• Wellwoman Wakefield
• Turning Point
• Macmillan
• Kirkless IAPT Service (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies)

Referral to psychology

Visit the cancer and palliative care psychology service page for more information.

The service is available to any adult who: 

• Resides within the Mid Yorkshire Trust's geographical region.
• Has a diagnosis of cancer or a palliative condition.
• Is under the care of a medical consultant or specialist palliative care team within one of the Mid Yorkshire hospitals.

Any healthcare professional within the Trust can make a referral. If you feel you need to access the service please discuss this with your doctor, nurse or other professional involved in your care.

In an emergency

If you need urgent help and support, you can phone the Samaritans on 116 123 or visit their website.

Hospices

• Wakefield Hospice
• Prince of Wales Hospice Pontefract
• Kirkwood Hospice (Kirklees)
• Barnsley Hospice
• Martin House Hospice (children)
• Forget-me-Not (children)

Bereavement Support

• Wakefield and District Bereavement Support Service
• STAR (Wakefield)
• CRUSE
• What to do when someone dies
• Grieving symptoms

Children's Palliative Care

• Locala (North Kirklees)

It's important for everyone to eat healthy and stay active, whether you have a cancer diagnosis or not, and it can often help prevent the onset of cancer and other illnesses.

You may be referred to the Kirklees Wellness service. 

Wakefield Council also provides lots of opportunities for you to get more involved in sport and exercise. 

There are lots of other organisations which can provide support for anyone living with cancer.

Age UK

• Services available locally

Citizens Advice

• Benefits
• Debt
• Family
• Housing
• Law and courts
• Health

Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)

• Benefits
• State pension
• Pension services

Relate

• Marriage/relationships
• Sex life
• Family life
• Separation/divorce
• Children and young people

We have provided links to the places where you can go to get local, practical support when living with cancer.

• Social Care Direct (Wakefield district)
• Gateway to Care (Kirklees/Dewsbury)

Additional services (district nurse/dietitian/occupational therapist)

• Wakefield
• North Kirklees
• Kirklees Wellness
• Live Well Wakefield

Join the Mid Yorkshire Macmillan Service to give people with cancer a place to come for support.

Are you empathetic with good listening skills? Then we would love you to join our team as an Information and Support Centre Volunteer or Ward Befriender at Pinderfields Hospital.

The roles include meeting and greeting patients and visitors, providing a listening ear, information booklets and general admin duties such as stock checks. By sharing your skills and time, you’ll use and develop your communication and customer service skills and meet new people as part of a friendly team that makes a difference. Together, we can be right there for people with cancer. If you would like to be part of our volunteer team, apply to volunteer today!

The Macmillan Centre is based on Level D in Pinderfields Hospital and you can call on 01924 546072 for an informal chat about the roles. Following this, you will be invited to visit the centre and meet with a staff member before progressing your application through the Voluntary Services team.

Macmillan volunteer role profile [pdf] 126KB

Ward Befriender role profile [pdf] 96KB

Find out more information about the Voluntary Services team at Mid Yorks

Transgender and non-binary people and cancer

Macmillan Cancer Support have put together some information for transgender (trans) and non-binary people who may have questions about cancer risk, symptoms, screening and treatment, as well as what to expect from your healthcare team.

Find out more about transgender and non-binary people and cancer

 

Blue badge application

If you would like some support from our team to apply for a blue badge please email us

You can also apply yourself by visiting the Gov.UK website.

Travel insurance

We can provide advice - please email us

You can also find useful information on the Macmillan website.

Travelling to our hospitals

For more information about travelling to our hospitals please visit the patients and visitors section of our website.

Below are a few resources and leaflets, produced by the Trust, for patients who may wish to find out more about our services.

Information for patients who have been referred to hospital on a cancer pathway.pdf[pdf] 218KB

Macmillan information and support centre.pdf[pdf] 160KB

Your cancer journey.pdf[pdf] 153KB

The Macmillan Specialist Palliative Care Team.pdf [pdf] 212KB

What is Duty of Candour.pdf [pdf] 198KB

Financial support for people affected by cancer.pdf[pdf] 160KB

If you would like to make a donation to help support cancer patients you can donate to our Trust charity.

For more information visit the MY Hospitals Charity website.

You can also donate directly to the national Macmillan team.