Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trust is committed to providing the best treatment and care for patients in the region.

In this section, we have information about cancer, care facilities in the region and useful contacts, support groups and websites.

Facilities in the Trust

Ashford and St. Peter’s Hospitals NHS Trusts offers a full medical and clinical oncology service. There are also chemotherapy, radiotherapy and medical physics departments on site.

·          Oncology at the Trust

The Trust is monitored against three main targets with respect to cancer:

·          Maximum 2 week wait for an outpatient appointment for all urgent suspect cases

·          Maximum 1 month wait from decision to treat all cancers

·          Maximum 2 month wait from urgent GP referral to treatment

Details of how we are performing are available on the Department of Health website.

Regional Services

The Surrey, West Sussex and Hampshire (SWSH) Cancer Network have collected together the information resources that their staff provide to patients.
 
 
The regional cancer hub is based at the St Lukes Centre in the Royal Surrey County Hospital.

Cancer UK is a website with a range of useful links and resources including a list of local contacts:

·          Cancer Services in the South East and London

The Cancer Services Collaborative website is a new initiative to bring together the information resources for the Cancer Networks in the UK. Patients and carers can then access the relevant materials for where they are in their care pathway.

·          Cancer Services Collaborative

CREST is a new website for patients and carers in the Runnymede, Elmbridge and Spelthorne area:

·          CREST website

Useful Websites

·          NHS Direct: Cancer

·          BBC Health: Cancer

·          Department of Health: Cancer

·          Cancer Research UK

·          Cancer Backup

·          Macmillan Cancer Relief

·          Marie Curie Cancer Care

·          World Cancer Research Fund

Support Groups

For a list of support groups, try the following pages on the PRODIGY website:

·          PRODIGY

The Cancer Help section on the Cancer Research website has a great deal of information about the types of cancer, support and advice:

·          Cancer Help

Contacts

·          Cancer Backup – 0808 800 1234

Please note that the Trust does not endorse the information on external websites or guarantee its validity. Although care has been taken to select the most appropriate sites to this subject, with NHS services taking priority, the Trust is not responsible for their content or liable for any subsequent action taken without seeking prior advice from your healthcare professional.