Welcome to Cancer Matters Wessex
Information about services and support for people affected by cancer in Dorset, Hampshire and the Isle of Wight

If you have signs or symptoms that could suggest cancer, it is important that you seek medical advice. Please contact your GP surgery directly. You can telephone, or you can go to your surgery’s website to complete an online form via e-Consult. Your GP surgery may offer you an online consultation, so you do not have to go to the surgery unnecessarily.

GPs can still make urgent referrals to specialists or for tests if they suspect you might have cancer.

If you have been referred by your GP and have been offered a diagnostic appointment, this means you have been given a fast track referral and it is important that you attend. Please read or print out the fast track referral leaflet for information about the next steps. This information is available in a variety of languages and formats.

We believe Cancer Matters Wessex will be particularly useful to you if you are affected by cancer, as a patient, family member, carer, volunteer or healthcare worker. Here you will find information about cancer and treatment options, as well as local services and support available while living with and beyond cancer.

We hope you will find the information useful and will continue to use the website as it is developed further.

Please contact us if you have any comments or feedback.