REACH

HOW TO FIND US
Other local Support Groups are listed below for those
outside the Edinburgh area:
CANCARE SUPPORT GROUP
REACH
We are in the Breast Clinic Outpatients
Department on Mondays and Tuesdays between
(All Cancers)
Meeting Place: Dunbar
FOR
10.30 am and 12 noon.
Contact:
Elizabeth (Any time)
01368-862 800
RECOVERY
CANCER
Celebrating 31 years of Support
We have a drop-in meeting in the Chaplaincy on
the first Tuesday of each month from 12.30 to
1.30. All are welcome to visit.
ST JOHNS
GROUP
We visit patients in Ward 6, The Longmore
Meeting Place: St Johns Hospital Livingston
Ward, at the Western General on Wednesday and
Friday mornings between 11 am and 12 noon.
Contact at other times to suit you can be made
by contacting the ladies below:-
BREAST
SUPPORT
Contact:
Nan (Any time)
01506 655 739
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DANDERHALL BREAST CANCER SUPPORT
GROUP
Meeting Place: Danderhall, nr Dalkeith
Janet
0131 442 3728
or
Engelina
Margaret
[email protected]
Contacts:
Kay (Any time)
Jean (Any time)
0131-663 4324
0131-663 6540
[email protected]
More information can be found on SCAN's (South
East Scotland Cancer Network) website:
www.scan.scot.nhs.uk - [Advice & Support –
Lothian Support Centres.]
Breast Cancer Support
Western General Hospital
Edinburgh
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Reviewed Jan 2014
Next review Jan 2016
The needs of patients often demand a great deal
of physical and psychological care which is given
by specialists within the Breast Cancer Unit at the
Western General Hospital.
The aims of our Group are:-
Local shops listed below have been found to be
helpful and are aware of the needs of women who
have had a mastectomy. Trained fitters available.
Please telephone before visiting.
John Lewis, St James Centre
(Including pocketing of bras)
0131-556 9121
Marks & Spencer, Princes Street
0131-225 2301
as volunteers with personal experience of Breast
Cancer, to offer help and support to patients who
Also at The Gyle Shopping Centre 0131-317 1333
Pocketed Bras now available.
have had or are about to have breast surgery or
Jenners, 47 Princes Street
0131-225 2442
can find someone who can.
Debenhams, 112 Princes Street
Also at Ocean Terminal
0844 5616161
0844 5616161
Advice on swimwear, or information on mail
George @ ASDA – Post Surgery Bras – no fitter
available
treatment. If we are unable to help you then we
order companies specialising in clothes adapted
for women who have had a mastectomy, can be
Freephone Helplines for the following languages:
obtained from the Group.
Arabic
0808 800 0130
Bengali
0808 800 0131
Cantonese
0808 800 0132
French
0808 800 0133
Greek
0808 800 0134
Gujarati
0808 800 0135
Hindi
0808 800 0136
Polish
0808 800 0137
Punjabi
0808 800 0138
Turkish
0808 800 0139
Urdu
0808 800 0140
Vietnamese
0808 800 0141
HeadStrong
For anyone suffering hair loss as a result of
cancer treatment Headstrong is a free service.
Private appointments in a relaxed & friendly
environment allow you to try on hats, hair pieces
& learn scarf tying ideas & techniques. Talk
through any concerns you may have about hair
loss and scalp care.
Every Monday at the Macmillian Information &
Support Centre, Western General Hospital .
Phone 0131 537 3907 for an appointment.
INFORMATION SERVICES
Breast Cancer Care Scotland
Robertson House, Ground Floor, 152 Bath Street,
Glasgow G2 4TB
Free Helpline:
0808-800 6000
Scottish Administration Line:
0141-353 8330
Fax:
0141 353 8331
email:
[email protected]
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Maggie's
The Stables, Western General Hospital
Telephone: 0131 537 3131
www.maggiescentres.org
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Hospital Prosthesis Fitting Service:
Avril Sutherland, Thursday Mornings
10.00 am-12.30 pm
In the Breast Unit Outpatients Department
New patients by appointment only
Phone Sheena Buchanan, Appliance Officer
0131-537 2436 (except Thursdays)
Macmillan Cancer Support
89 Albert Embankment
London SE1 7UQ
Cancerline Freephone: 0808-808 0000
www.macmillan.org.uk/cancerline
Macmillan information and support centre is now
open in the South Corridor on the ground floor of the
Western General Hospital. Look for the Green and
Yellow signs. Drop In 10-4pm Mon-Frid. Telephone:
0131 537 3907
(Macmillan Cancer Support provide information on all
types of cancer)