Cost Of Living Support for people with Cancer | Macmillan Cancer Support has added a special section to their website dedicated on what support they can provided to patients in the UK who have Cancer. |
Macmillan Grants | Macmillan Cancer Support offer a grants program. Macmillan Grants are small, one-off means-tested payments to help with the extra costs that living with cancer can bring. Find out how to apply. |
Free Specialist Counselling | Through Bupa, Macmillan are offering up to 6 free counselling sessions for people struggling emotionally because they are living with cancer. People can access specialist support remotely within days if they qualify to use the service. |
Cancer Care Maps | Cancer Care Map is an online resource to help people living with cancer find care and support services in their local area, anywhere in the UK. The website is run by cancer charity, The Richard Dimbleby Cancer Fund. |
Freedom Travel Insurance | Freedom Insurance specialise in providing travel insurance for people (and of course, their families and friends) who are to living with pre-existing medical conditions. |
Shine Cancer Support | Shine Cancer Support offers support for those in their 20s, 30s, and 40s who’ve had a cancer diagnosis. |
Addenbrookes Hospital | Main hospital site |
Hinchingbrook Hospital | Main hospital site |
Cambs Therapy Centre | Huntingdon, Peterborough & Cambridge MS Therapy Centre |
Marie Curie | Information on free nursing care that may be available. |
Macmillan Cancer Support | For general advice Kevin Tyler Macmillan Information Manager 01480 416416 extn. 8348 kevin.tyler@nhs.net |
Cambridgeshire Community Services | For information about the wide range of community based services provided to children and adults, as well as how toget involved in developing these services. |
Arthur Rank Hospice Charity | Arthur Rank Hospice supports people in Cambridgeshire living with an advanced serious illness or a life-limiting condition and those who need end-of-life care. The volunteer will visit the clients and their carers at home and provide practical,social and emotional support. |
Nutrition Advice | This site provides important information and advice on nutrition for cancer sufferers and has a search facility for a nutrionist near you |
Cord Blood Banking | Based in the U.S. but aim to provide free international information about the benefits of cord blood. |
The Mesothelioma Guide | UK site for the US based advocacy organisation dedicated to helping patients diagnosed with asbestos illnesses. |
Acorn Cancer Support Group | Online donations can be made to The Acorn Cancer Support Group at our Localgiving page. |
Please note that some of these surgeries are now linked.
Alconbury | School Lane, Alconbury, Huntingdon, PE28 4EQ Tel: 01480 890281 |
Brampton | 69 Miller Way, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE28 4RU Tel: 01480 454050 |
Buckden | Mayfield, Buckden Huntingdon, PE19 5SZ Tel: 01480 810216 |
Charles Hicks | 75 Ermine St, Huntingdon, PE29 3EZ Tel: 01480 453038 |
Chatteris | George Clare, Swan Drive, New Road, Chatteris PE16 6EX Tel: 01354 695888 |
Earith | Chapel Road, Earith PE28 3PU Tel: 01487 208044 |
Fenstanton | 7e High Street, Fenstanton, PE28 9L Tel: 01480 461873 |
Godmanchester | 1a Pinfold Lane, Godmanchester, Huntingdon PE29 2JH Tel: 01480 456162 |
Oak Tree Centre | Acorn Surgery 1 Oak Drive Huntingdon PE29 7HN Tel: 01480 483100 |
Papworth | Chequers Lane, Papworth Everard, CB23 3QQ Tel: 01480 8308881 |
Priory Fields | Priory Fields Practice, Nursery Road, Huntingdon, PE29 3RL Tel: 01480 413600 |
Ramsey Rainbow | 1 Stocking Fen Road, Ramsey, Huntingdon, PE26 1SA Tel: 01487 710980 |
Ramsey Health Centre | Mews Close Ramsey, Huntingdon, PE26 1BP Tel: 01487 812611 |
Somersham Church Street | Church Street, Somersham, PE28 3EG Tel: 01487 208044 |
Somersham Parkhall | Parkhall Road, Somersham, PE28 3EU Tel: 01487 740888 |
St Ives Old Exchange | East Street, St Ives, PE27 5PB Tel: 01480 497477 |
St Ives Spinney | Spinney Surgery, Ramsey Road, St Ives, PE27 3TP Tel: 01480 495347 |
St Ives Orchard | Orchard Surgery, Constable Road, St Ives, PE27 3ER Tel: 01480 466611 |
St Ives Cromwell | Cromwell Place, St.Ives PE27 5JD Tel: 01480 462754 |
Warboys Moat House | Beech Close, Warboys, PE28 2RQ Tel: 01487 822230 |
Warboys Resource Centre | 3 Popes Lane Warboys PE28 2RN Tel: 01487 822325 |
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