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A safe place to connect with others affected by cancer, share experiences and get support.

Call the CRUK Nurses Hotline for free
Cancer Research UK (CRUK) offer confidential support for people living with cancer and their loved ones.
Open Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
Call: 0808 800 4040 or click the link above to submit a question

Call the Macmillan Support Line for free
Confidential support for people living with cancer and their loved ones.
Open 7 days a week, 8am – 8pm.
Call: 08088080000

Search Cancer Care Map
A simple, easy-to-use online resource to help you find cancer support services in your local area.

Important Notice.

The hub gives general information and support for people affected by cancer. It is not a substitute for medical advice. If you are feeling unusually ill, or notice new or worsening symptoms, please contact your key worker at the hospital, your GP or ring NHS 111.

You should go to A&E immediately if:

  • You are struggling to breathe or are having chest pains
  • You are bleeding badly, and it is not stopping
  • Have you severe vomiting or diarrhoea which has not stopped
  • You have had a seizure or loss of consciousness
  • You have a high temperature, rapid heartbeat, and are feeling very unwell

If you are unsure but feel very ill, call NHS 111 for urgent advice.

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What can you find on this page?

Living Well with Cancer

Discover tips, tools, and real-life guidance to help you maintain your wellbeing while living with cancer—physically, emotionally, and socially.

Support for You and Your Family

Explore a range of support services designed for both patients and their loved ones, including emotional, practical, and financial help.

Learning and Understanding

Access trusted information about cancer, treatments, and care pathways to help you feel more confident about cancer, support and treatment.

Living Well With Cancer

Support for You and Those Around You

Learning and Understanding

Macmillan Cancer Support’s Cancer Care Map

The Cancer Care Map helps people affected by cancer find local support services across the UK. By searching with a postcode or location, users can access information about a wide range of services, including support groups, exercise and wellbeing activities, information centres, and financial or benefits advice. The directory brings together support from Macmillan Cancer Support and other local organisations, making it easier for people to find help that meets their needs close to home.

What is Health and Wellbeing Information & Support?

Addressing patient difficulties and concerns in confidential conversations at various point in the patients cancer experience; Providing access to relevent, up to date resources in the form of leaflets, weblinks, apps; Comprehensive, up to date knowledge of other services to support patients at different stages of their cancer experience; Identifying when input from another service would benefit the patient and offering a referral or up to date signposting information; Facilitating support groups or signposting to community groups and other relevant community services; Recognising late effects and long term consequences of treatment. Delivery of services to address these or knowledge of available service; Delivery of health and wellbeing events and courses to address specific patient needs.
Health & Wellbeing support refers to a holistic approach to patient care. The key to this is to see each person as unique. Patients have needs beyond those related to their cancer.
The approach looks at all of a person’s needs. It understands that cancer can affect patients in many different ways.

The picture shows how many elements we think about when taking this approach.

At the Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance, we work with the wider system to connect services, share resources and design new ways of improving access to information and support.
We also work closely with pathway boards and Nurse Specialists to create new resources for patients. Updates on this piece of work will appear here.

If you have used any services, or are aware of any which would be valuable to have added to this website, please get in touch via email with Max Thomasson who works for the Greater Manchester Cancer Alliance’s Personalised Care Programme: max.thomasson@nhs.net

If you are member of staff and would like to print out a promotional poster for your clinic/waiting room, please find a landscape and portrait poster below.