Trevaylor Rd, Falmouth, UK, TR11 2LH

Macmillan Nurse

I am Aldyth Hambly, Community Macmillan Nurse for Falmouth and Penryn.
I work closely with the doctors and nurses at The Health Centre although I am employed by Cornwall Macmillan Service, part of Macmillan Cancer Relief.
Macmillan Nurses are specially trained, with wide experience, to give supportive care to people with cancer and other advanced illness and their help extends to the whole family. They cover a wide spectrum of care, working with people at any point in their illness.

Macmillan Nurses work closely with general practitioners, district nurses and other health care workers, sharing their expertise in symptom control and in emotional support. Their role is that of a specialist offering advice, information and support to patients and their carers and to their colleagues. They have an important part to play in coordinating care and their overall aim is to ensure that each person receives the best possible care.

The relief of pain and other symptoms, using drugs and other forms of treatment, is a key element in cancer care. Emotional support is also vital in helping people to cope with their illness, with the effects of treatment, or with any fears or worries they may have about the future. Because Macmillan Nurses are directly involved with a comparatively small number of patients, they have the time to give emotional support and to talk over such problems with patients and those close to them.

In Cornwall, each of the community Macmillan Nurses works in a defined geographical area. He/She can offer help with:

- physical problems
- emotional
- social circumstances
- practical issues

ANYONE can refer to a Macmillan Nurse by telephoning the Macmillan Centre in Truro during normal office hours. The community Macmillan Nurses aim to contact anyone referred to them within two working days, when appropriate.

I am contactable by telephoning 01872-354383 and asking for me by name, when I will be radio paged / bleeped.

I also hold a "drop in" clinic at the Falmouth Health Centre on the first and third Monday of each month from 10.00a.m. - 1.00 p.m.

MacMillan Cancer Relief