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Cancer services
We provide a comprehensive service to diagnose, treat and support people with cancer, forming part of the UCLH Cancer Collaborative, enabling the trust to partner a number of key organisations across London as part of the 'Cancer Vanguard'.
Whilst under our care you will have a named consultant in charge of your care and a clinical nurse specialist will be your key worker throughout your pathway of care.
Location
The Princess Alexandra Hospital
The William's Day Unit
Building 5
Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is administered within the Williams Day Unit, Building 5.
Chemotherapy is delivered by a committed team of medical, pharmacy, and nursing staff who are all highly trained specialist in this area. Detailed quality procedures govern the prescribing, production, dispensing, and delivery of the chemotherapy service.
You will be given specific information about your disease, your treatment, the side effects, and what to do if you feel certain side effects. These include a phone number on which you can contact skilled professional staff 24 hours a day to discuss any clinical issues that arrive while you're receiving chemotherapy.
Contact
- General patient enquiries (appointments): 01279 827397
- Chemotherapy emergency number, Monday to Friday 8am to 6pm: 07932 528323
- Chemotherapy Emergency number, Monday to Friday 6pm to 8am and weekends (North Middlesex Hospital NHS Trust): 07423459076
Useful videos and information
Williams Day Unit patient information leaflet - approved June 2022
One step at a time - a patient perspective on cancer
One step at a time, a cancer diagnosis through the eyes of a family member
One step at a time, don't let cancer become the small 'c'.
Below are four pre-assessment videos for chemotherapy and immunotherapy at Williams Day Unit, produced by North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust:
- Overview of your immunotherapy treatment and potential side effects
- Understanding your potential chemotherapy side effects
- Overview of your chemotherapy treatment
- Oral chemotherapy: Handling safely at home
The videos are also available to download in the following languages:
- Pobierz filmy po polsku (download the videos in Polish)
- Türkçe video indir (download the videos in Turkish)
- বাংলা ভাষায় ভিডিও ডাউনলোড করুন (download the videos in Bengali)
- изтегляне на видеоклипове на български език (download the videos in Bulgarian)
Health and wellbeing videos - next steps together
Please take a look at the range of health and wellbeing videos following your cancer treatment. If you have any further questions or feedback about the videos, please contact paht.cancerHWBE@nhs.net