Macmillan Information and Support Centre

Macmillan Cancer Support are on hand using a free telephone number which is available 7 days a week, 8am-8pm: 0808 808 00 00.

If you would like any advice regarding benefits and finance, please call the Macmillan Hampshire Citizens Advice Service on 0344 847 7727. Their lines are available Monday – Friday between 9am and 4pm and you can leave a message.

A wig referral scheme is available through our partner Daxbourne.

Please ask your consultant or nurse specialist to complete a referral to this service. A member of their team will call you once the referral is received (please note that Daxbourne are based in London so they will be calling from a London number).

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Living with or after a cancer diagnosis? Do you want to enhance your resilience through these difficult times, rediscover strengths and increase your ability to cope? Then why not join Macmillan Cancer Support’s online self-management program called HOPE. The program focuses on topics including:

• smarter goal setting
• priorities and values
• living positively with fears for the future
• character strengths
• physical activity
• eating well
• managing stress
• coping with fatigue
• finding things to be thankful for

The course lasts 6 weeks and they ask that you commit to a minimum of 2 hours per week, at a time to suit you. You will need to have access to the internet via smartphone, tablet or PC. To find out more go to their website. 

• We are a team of Counsellors and Psychologists who provide specialist psychological support to patients and their families affected by cancer.
• We are an NHS-based service operating within Portsmouth Hospitals. We work in partnership with the Macmillan Information and Support Centre at Queen Alexandra Hospital
• We can work with people following a diagnosis of cancer, during their cancer treatment, and up to six months after ending treatment. We work with adults only (18 years plus).
• Please talk to your cancer Clinical Nurse Specialist about how to be referred.

Mindfulness Skills

As part of our work with people affected by cancer, we have created a mindfulness booklet and recordings. Mindfulness is about learning to be in the present moment, and to notice and respond to unwanted thoughts and feelings in a new and different way.

Research indicates that mindfulness practice can be beneficial for people affected by cancer, and our own research project indicated people found mindfulness skills helpful in allowing them to cope with cancer. You can download the mindfulness booklet here and use alongside the recordings below. ​We hope these resources can be helpful to you whether you’re interested in mindfulness, waiting to start a talking therapy, or using this to support your current work with our service.