Support and resources
Cancer Support Yorkshire
A local charity providing practical and emotional support to people affected by cancer in Yorkshire.
Maggie's Yorkshire
Maggie’s offers free expert support, information and a calm space for people affected by cancer to drop in, get advice, attend groups, or access therapies.
Macmillan Cancer Support
Provides specialist information, financial support, and care services for people affected by cancer and their families.
Cancer Research UK
The UK’s largest cancer research and awareness charity, funding research into all types of cancer and providing information and support services.
Marie Curie
Provides hospice, nursing and end-of-life support for people with terminal illnesses.
Look Good Feel Better
Offers free workshops (in person and online) to help people manage the physical side effects of cancer treatment (skin, hair, appearance) and connect with peers.
OUTpatients (LGBTIQ+ cancer charity)
The UK’s only LGBTIQ+ cancer charity, providing peer support, inclusive resources, and advocacy to transform cancer care for the LGBTIQ+ community.
Carers Resource
Provides support, advice and information to young and adult carers in the Yorkshire region.
Carers UK
Offers information, advice, support and campaigns for unpaid carers across the UK.
Age UK Bradford District / Age UK
Supports older people with advice, advocacy and care services across the UK.
Bradford Social Services (Adult Social Care)
Delivers adult social care services including assessments, support and safeguarding in Bradford.
Living Well Stop Smoking Service (My Living Well)
Provides support, advice and treatment to help people quit smoking in the My Living Well programme.
Cancer Care Map
An online directory to help find local cancer support services by area.
Andy’s Man Club
A men’s mental health charity providing peer-to-peer support groups, particularly addressing male suicide prevention.
Men’s Shed
Encourages people to come together to build, repair, craft and socialize in community workshop spaces.
Mind Over Cancer
Offers mental health and wellbeing support (counselling, online programmes, support groups) to young people (0-29) affected by cancer and their families.
The Osbourne Trust
Provides support to children and young people whose parent has a cancer diagnosis.
Ruth Strauss Foundation
Supports families facing a parent’s incurable cancer diagnosis, offering emotional support and guidance particularly focused on children and family communication.
Pip’s Kit
Helps children aged 5-10 with a parent/carer with an incurable illness by offering resources, coping skills and family support.
Palliative Care and Support
Unfortunately, if a cancer becomes advanced, it may not be possible to cure it.
Cancer teams offer palliative care to people who have long-term or life limiting disease. This is also known as supportive care. Palliative care aims to help ease symptoms and improve quality of life. Palliative treatment can also help to slow the progress of the cancer.
Palliative care includes many different types of care and support personalised to you. These include emotional and physical support such as counselling or symptom control. Practical and financial support is also offered. This may include help to plan for the future or Advanced Care Planning.
In Bradford, different specialist healthcare teams work together to offer palliative care and support. These include District Nurses, GP’s and specialist cancer nursing teams. A hospital and community palliative care team also help to manage your care. These teams arrange palliative care in the home, in hospital or in a hospice. Hospices offer many different kinds of palliative support services. These include day centre support; short respite stays or end of life care.
Bradford Hospitals Palliative Care team
Goldline
Goldline is a 24-hour phone helpline service. It supports people who are in or approaching the last year of life. It is also open to their carers and family.
An experienced healthcare team answers all the Goldline calls. They have direct access to medical records and can give advice and support quickly. The team works together with other services and can arrange added support as required.
Before using Goldline, your GP or nurse must register you on the Gold Standard Framework. Your cancer team will discuss this with you and register you if suitable.
The Goldline helpline contact phone number is: 01535 292768.
Find out more about Goldline (Airedale NHS Foundation Trust)
Having Your Say
Your experience of the cancer care received at Bradford Hospital is important to help us to continuously improve the services and care we provide. We encourage feedback about what we are doing well and more importantly, where we need to improve. There are several ways that you can share your feedback with us.
NHS Friends and Family test
At each appointment or at discharge from an inpatient stay you will be asked to complete an anonymous feedback form about your experience.
National Cancer Patient Experience Survey
An annual survey sent out to evaluate the experience of people receiving cancer care or treatment.
Bradford Patient Experience Team
Our Patient Experience team are available to receive both compliments and complaints.
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