Macmillan psychological service
Our Macmillan psychological service provides care if you're experiencing cancer-related emotional difficulties.
Location: Central Middlesex, Ealing and Northwick Park Hospitals
Division: Integrated clinical services
General manager: Meena Patel
About Macmillan psychological service
The team is part of our multi-disciplinary cancer team and is made up of clinical and counselling psychologists. They can provide face-to-face or virtual care as part of your outpatient or inpatient care.
Conditions the Macmillan psychological service care for
The Macmillan psychological service can help you:
- adjust to your diagnosis
- cope with the symptoms of your illness
- cope with the side effects of treatments, such as fatigue, pain, and sickness
- cope with change, loss, and uncertainty
- with feelings of low mood, depression, anxiety, and worry
- manage and prepare for medical procedures and its side effects
- support you with decision making with treatment or surgery
- cope with how cancer affects relationships, sexual functioning, and fertility
Referring to Macmillan psychological service
The team will see you if you are a patient receiving care under our oncology service. We accept referrals from a wide range of healthcare professionals on ICE or by email to the cancer psychology team.
We are unable to accept self-referrals.