Patient care is of the utmost importance to us. Our patients are treated by Consultant Oncologists and a multi-disciplinary team of specialist nurses, who offer reassurance and comfort at challenging times.
Alongside our private cancer ward, the Imaging department provides the latest MRI and CT scanning technology, as well as nuclear medicine including PET-CT, bone scans, gastrointestinal endoscopy, colonoscopy, mammography, cystoscopy and biopsies. Any tests that are carried out will depend on the type of cancer being investigated. These tests may also be repeated throughout your treatment and at later check ups.
Our Private Cancer Services
Dedicated inpatient ward
Our nursing team work within a dedicated oncology ward, St Martha's, which holds nine bedrooms and six pods for comfortable treatment. Within our healthcare teamOur clinical nurse specialists have extensive experience of what it takes to provide care to each individual patient and their specific illness.
Macmillan Oncology Liaison Nurses
The team is always on hand to advise on every aspect of care for patients and their families from the time of diagnosis onwards. They can speak to nurses and GPs on behalf of our patients and liaise with teams within the hospital and in the community such as dieticians and physiotherapists. The liaison nurses also make regular visits during chemotherapy to give support and advice and offer links to local cancer help centres.
24-hour support
All aspects of care, all in one place – all hours of the day. Expert nursing staff is available on a 24-hour basis to take calls from patients, GPs and consultants. Advice and emergency treatment is available by contacting the hospital and asking for the senior nurse on duty.
Dietician advice
Expert dietetic advice is available at any time.
Access to information
We ensure all our patients are fully counselled about their treatment. A wide range of printed information is also available, together with digital advice, local and national self-help and support groups.
Complementary therapy
A range of complementary therapies including massage and acupuncture are offered alongside medical treatments, should patients suffer any side effects from treatment.
Patient support from other departments at Mount Alvernia Hospital
Every aspect of care is provided on site and all members of the care team work towards the best possible patient outcome. We aim to make our patients as comfortable as possible and have a number of teams offering support and treatment:
- Pharmacy
- Physiotherapy
- Pain management specialists
- Complementary therapy
- Pathology
- A rapid results service for blood tests ahead of treatment, providing key guidance for further care.
Assisting with discharge from hospital and planning for the future
Our team work with the consultant oncologists to plan a patient’s discharge from hospital. If the patient is unable to return home, we will assist in arranging appropriate care for the future.
Treatments
The oncology unit treats patients for a wide range of cancers including:
- Bladder Cancer
- Blood Cancer Lymphoma
- Blood Cancer Myeloma
- Bowel Cancer
- Bowel Cancer Screening
- Bowel Cancer Surgery
- Breast Cancer
- Breast Cancer Rapid Access Clinics symptomatic
- Breast Cancer Single-Dose Intraoperative Radiotherapy SD IORT
- Breast Screening asymptomatic
- Breast Surgery Excision Biopsy
- Breast Surgery Lump Removal Lumpectomy
- Breast Surgery Mastectomy
- Breast Surgery Reconstruction Following Mastectomy
- Breast surgery Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
- Cancer Surgery
- Cervical Cancer
- Chemotherapy
- Complementary Therapies
- Gallbladder Cancer
- Head and Neck Cancer
- Hormone Therapies
- Kidney Cancer
- Liver Cancer
- Lung Cancer
- Male Breast Cancer
- Oesophageal Cancer
- Ovarian Cancer
- Palliative Care
- Pancreatic Cancer
- Prostate Cancer
- Prostate Cancer Prostatectomy
- Radiotherapy
- Skin Cancer Facial Skin Removal
- Skin Cancer Melanoma
- Skin Cancer Non-melanoma
- Stomach Cancer
- Targeted Therapy
- Testicular Cancer
- Womb Cancer
