Getting Help
How can we help you?
Prostate cancer is a disease seldom, if ever, afflicting any two patients in precisely the same way. For this reason we have set up our counselling services to meet the specific requirements of each individual. Our services are confidential and personal. Although approved and trained by UHL NHS Trust Patients and Liaison Service, most of our team are not qualified counsellors or medical personnel, so the advice we give is generally practical rather than medical. Should you require specialist medical advice we can access this for you (see below). Whilst we do not profess to have all the answers, neither do we seek to interfere in your personal life, we can offer you a broad range of experience and insight.
We can respond….
By listening to you
By putting you in contact with a network of people who have probably had similar experiences, who can offer practical helpful advice and who will allow you to discuss your own situation in your own way, whenever, wherever and however it suits you.
By offering up-to-the minute advice about the treatments and care available specifically to you
By explaining the passage of your illness through diagnosis, treatments and beyond.
By advising you on benefits which may be available to you and how to access them
By accompanying you during consultations and hospital appointments
By making ward visits if you are ill and in hospital or alternatively visiting you at home
By giving you an outlet to discuss any concerns about your treatment or treatment options.
By supporting your close family and relatives with counsel and information.
You choose the type of support you want and you set the agenda
What do you need to do next?
Whatever stage you are on your treatment journey, we can help you. Whether you need information about your treatment, special care and a visit from one of our nurses to give you comfort or support. Alternatively, you can speak to fellow patients and their families who have had similar treatment, so they can give you the benefit of their experience.
For a relaxed and informal conversation with a local patient and member of the PROSTaid befriending team please contact:
PROSTaid helpline on 0844 8007801 (low-call)
For specialist and professional medical advice, call our own sponsored PROSTaid cancer Nurses:
Nadine Harriss, Palliative Care: 0844 8007782 (low-call)
(Nadine accepts self-referral from Patients as well as GP’s and Consultants)
John Lester at Urology Department, Leicester General Hospital: 0844 8007797 (low-call)
or alternatively-:
Stuart Berry Trustee/Director Volunteer Support :01455 291752
Email:stuartberry@prostaid.co.uk