
Whilst one in two of us will develop some form of cancer at some point in our lives, each person’s cancer diagnosis and experience is unique.
Whatever your questions or concerns about cancer - the side effects of treatment, anxiety, diet, exercise, wigs, or money worries – tailored information and support is available in person, over the phone or via email from the cancer information and support teams based in our NHS Trusts:
Frimley Park Hospital – In the Patient Experience Centre outside the main entrance.
Tel: 0300 613 0181. Email:
Wexham Park Hospital – In the main entrance of the hospital (entrance 2)
Tel: 0300 615 4886. Email:
Website: Macmillan Cancer Information Service Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust
Royal Berkshire Hospital - North Block, Berkshire Cancer Centre. Outreach service at Bracknell Healthspace and West Berkshire Community Hospital at certain times during the week. Please contact us to find out when we’ll be at a hospital near you.
Tel: 0118 322 8700. Email:
Website: Macmillan Information Centre - Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust
The Churchill Hospital in Oxford has a Maggie’s Cancer Support Centre in The Patricia Thompson Building:
Tel: 01865 751882. Email:
Website: Maggie's, Oxford | Maggie's
Buckinghamshire Healthcare Trust, Stoke Mandeville Hospital has a Cancer Information and Wellbeing Service based at the Cancer Care and Haematology Unit (CCHU)
Tel: 01296 838340 Email:
Cancer Care Map
The Cancer Care Map is a simple, online resource that aims to help you find cancer support services in your local area wherever you are in the UK.
Macmillan Cancer Support National Helpline
The Macmillan Cancer Support National Helpline offers confidential information, support and practical advice to people living with cancer and their loved ones. Call free on 0808 134 31 57, from 8 am to 8 pm, 7 days a week.
Macmillan also provides an online community forum with over 80,000 members available 24 hours a day: Macmillan Online Community
Cancer Research UK
Cancer Research UK offers a nurse telephone helpline, a cancer chat support forum, and online information on cancer types, treatments and coping afterwards.
Cancer Research UK Nurse Helpline: 0808 800 4040. Call free 9 to 5, Monday to Friday.