Cancer Help for Minority Ethnic Communities

What is this service?

Our Cancer Help for Ethnic Minorities service aims to provide culturally appropriate personal care and emotional support for patients who wish to be at home as they approach the end of their lives. Care is provided by our nurses and health care assistants. These staff work closely with other health care professionals from our organistaion, General Practitioners (GPs), and others such as hospital teams, to meet individual patient health care needs.

What does this service do?

We provide care and support for people from minority ethnic backgrounds who are nearing the end of their lives and wish to be cared for in their own homes.

The care we can provide includes personal care, emotional support for patients and their family members, and some symptom control if this is needed at the time of our care visit. Care is adjusted as needed to meet individual patient needs. Care for our patients continues every day of the year, with visits scheduled between 9am and 9pm.

Who is this service for?

adults from ethnic minority backgrounds
patients who are registered with a Bristol or South Gloucestershire GP (General Practitioner)
patients who are nearing the end of their lives
patients who have cancer at any stage of illness
patients who wish to be supported to stay at home

How can I access this service?

Access to our service is by referral only. We accept referrals from a range of health care professionals involved in the care or management of the patient.

If you are a health care professional looking to refer to our service please download our referral form from the 'Document Downloads' section on the left hand side of this page. When you have completed the referral form please fax it to us using the number on the form.

If you would like to talk to us about a referral you are welcome to call us on the number below.

How to contact us

Our office base is open Monday – Friday from 9am to 4.30pm, excluding bank holidays. Once referred into the service, patients and their family members are very welcome to contact us on the number below.

0117 982 8545