Right By You

Good support is about more than medicine, it is about understanding the things that matter and are important to you. This will be different for everyone.

The Right by You team will focus on the things you want to talk about and you need support with. The team will help you to create a plan of support based around our needs and preferences.

The team includes a Cancer Nurse Specialist and Cancer Support Worker. They will work together with existing teams involved in your healthcare. This may include hospital based cancer teams, GP practices and other community services. The aim is to ensure a joined up approach to cancer support that puts what matters to you first.

Right by You is currently available for people in Southampton (SO14-SO19) and Portland. Contact details for both services can be found below.

Jane Edsell

Southampton (SO14-SO19 only)

We can accept self-referrals, or a healthcare professional can refer you.

Service Working Hours: Monday-Friday 9am-5pm

Catherine Scothmer-Clay (Patient Pathway Navigator)
Jo Dowle (Lead Cancer Nurse Specialist)
Marian Parfitt and Carol Gillett (Cancer Nurse Specialists)
Beth Hawkins (Homeless Care Coordinator)

Email: RBYteam@uhs.nhs.uk

Telephone: : 07900 053414 (messages can be left out of hours)

Beth

What is Right By You?

The Right by You team will focus on supporting you with your diagnosis and managing the impact of cancer on your life. They will help you to identify your support needs, based on your concerns and the things that matter to you.

You will be at the centre of this support, with teams working together to ensure you get the support you need, when you need it.

Find out more about Right By You

What is the Right By You approach?

Pam gives us an insight into her work with the Right By You Wessex project, and describes some of the challenges she has been faced with