Helping paediatric specialist nurses.
These specialist nurses visit paediatric patients at home or school every week to obtain monitoring blood counts and use the results to adjust treatment doses on a weekly basis.
All about The Bath Cancer Unit Support Group.
The Bath Cancer Unit Support Group is a small, local charity run entirely by dedicated volunteers. We are committed to supporting the cancer services at the Royal United Hospital in Bath.
Through fundraising efforts, we provide vital equipment, enhanced facilities, and essential services that fall outside NHS funding. Our goal is to improve treatment outcomes and enhance the quality of life for local cancer patients.
Paediatric Oncology Nursing Associate.
The paediatric oncology team currently have a paediatric oncology outreach nurse that is supported by The Bath Cancer Unit Support Group.
The specialist nurses visit paediatric patients at home or school every week to obtain monitoring blood counts and use the results to adjust treatment doses on a weekly basis.
Their patients on active treatment are spread over a wide geographical area within the Royal United Hospitals Region. This takes a lot of time but helps them maintain their education during long treatments for example leukaemia this is 2 plus years.
The nurses also have a commitment to the Children’s ward at the hospital to provide training and support in chemotherapy delivery to nursing staff and support with accessing devices such as protracts.
Your donations really do help.
The Bath Cancer Unit Support Group and our wonderful supporters with their donations are funding an extra role for a member of staff who can do some of these routine visits each week to free up specialist nursing time.
This will greatly improve staff education and morale on the ward. It will also allow the paediatric oncology team time to develop their service. For example with implementing the National Low Risk Neutropenic Fever guidance which allows early discharge of some patients, improving patient experience and bed flow.
The development of this role is intended to greatly improve patient and family experience during their prolonged treatment, as well as enabling service development. You can help us carry on to support this role by donating.