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www.patientinfo.selcn.nhs.uk
This site provides basic and easy to understand information for anyone affected by cancer in the South East London Cancer Network.
Marie Curie Cancer Care
Marie Curie Cancer Care welcomes you to its online home. This website is for anyone looking for information about the charity's work with cancer patients and their families across the UK.
www.breastcancercare.org.uk
www.riprap.org.uk
A web site that can help you cope when a parent has cancer.
www.cancerbacup.org.uk
Europe's leading cancer information service, with over 4,500 pages of up-to-date cancer information, practical advice and support for cancer patients, their families and carers.
www.macmillan.org.uk
Each and every day 739 people in the UK are told they have cancer. More than one million people in the UK today have had a cancer diagnosis, and more than one in three will be diagnosed at some time in their life. That's why we exist - to make a real difference to the lives of people living with cancer.
www.lymphoma-net.org
Lymphoma-net.org aims to help improve communication about non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and its treatment.
Bereavement Support
www.rd4u.org.uk
RD4U is a website designed for young people by young people. It is part of Cruse Bereavement Care's Youth Involvement Project and supports people after the death of someone close.
www.tcf.org.uk
Run by The Compassionate Friends (TCF), supporting bereaved parents and their families offering understanding, support and encouragement after the death of a child or children.
www.winstonswish.org.uk
Winston's Wish helps bereaved children and young people rebuild their lives after a family death.
www.childbereavement.org.uk
The Child Bereavement Trust leads the way in improving the care offered to grieving families in the immediate crisis and in the many months following the death of someone important in their lives.
crusebereavementcare
Cruse Bereavement Care exists to promote the well-being of bereaved people and to enable anyone bereaved by death to understand their grief and cope with their loss.
Carers Organisations
Carers UK
Carers UK is the voice of carers and offers advice and information to carers through CarersLine (freephone helpline), its range of publications and network of local support groups.
The Princess Royal Trust for Carers
The Trust currently provides quality information, advice and support services to 290,000 carers, including just over 15,000 young carers.
Crossroads Caring for Carers
Cares for carers by providing a core respite service to allow the carer a short break from his or her caring responsibilities.
Jewish Care
Provider of health and social care services for adults and older people, people with mental health problems, physical impairments as well as those suffering from strokes, Parkinson's disease and all forms of dementia in the Jewish community.
Other Website Links
www.there4me.com
Run by the NSPCC covering all issues for 12-16 year-olds living in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands.
www.carechoices.co.uk
Help with care choices at home, as well as choosing residential and nursing homes
www.ukselfhelp.info
UK self-help groups
www.doh.gov.uk
Department of Health website
www.hospicenet.org
Site for patients and families facing life-threatening illness
www.helpthehospices.org.uk
A national charity for the hospice movement.
www.mcpcil.org.uk
The Marie Curie Palliative Care Institute
www.lymphoedema.org/lsn
Lymphoedema Support Network
www.thebls.com
British Lymphology Society

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