My Breakthrough
Support services
Support is currently available nationally through help lines and counselling services:
Breast Cancer Care
Breast Cancer Care run a free helpline, staffed by specialist breast care nurses and trained volunteers who have themselves experienced breast cancer. The helpline offers confidential information and support to anyone affected by breast cancer, from diagnosis onwards. Call 0808 800 6000 (For Typetalk prefix 18001) (Monday to Friday 9.00 AM until 5.00 PM and Saturday 9.00 AM until 2.00 PM).
The Hereditary Breast Cancer help line
The Hereditary Breast Cancer help line provides information, support and the opportunity to talk to someone with a family history of breast cancer. If no-one is available to answer your call, a call back service is available. The help line number is 01629 813000.
CHAI Cancer Care
CHAI Cancer Care provides dedicated support to the Jewish community. It is open to patients, their families, friends and carers. CHAI provides a range of services which include complementary therapies, counselling, legal and financial advice, support groups, lectures and workshops on cancer related subjects and group activities. There are trained staff on the help line from 9 AM until 5.30 PM from Monday to Friday and an answer phone will take your message for the call back service outside these hours. The free phone number is 0808 8084567.
Cancerbackup
Cancerbackup provide support to people affected by cancer: patients, carers and health professionals alike. Practical advice and emotional support is available from 9 AM until 7 PM from Monday to Friday on 0808 800 1234. A full interpreting service is available via this number or via 12 direct lines for different languages.
Macmillan Cancer Relief
Macmillan Cancer Relief provides the expert care and emotional support that make a real difference to people living with cancer. They offer a range of innovative cancer services and make improvements to cancer care throughout the U.K. The Macmillan Cancer Line on 0808 808 2020 provides information and emotional support. It is open from 9 AM until 6 PM from Monday to Friday and provides a service in other languages too.
Ovacome
Ovacome runs a UK-wide support group for all those concerned about ovarian cancer. It is open to sufferers, families, friends, carers and health professionals. Their line is open Monday to Friday from 9 AM until 4PM on telephone number 0207 380 9589.
There is not a national scheme that brings together people with concerns about hereditary breast cancer at present. If you would like to communicate with other people with concerns about hereditary breast cancer, then we have incorporated a discussion forum into this site for that purpose. We are aware that this is not an ideal solution, and have plans to develop support services further in the future.
Great support is also received through a number of noteworthy regional activities. If there is something going on in your area, or maybe you have set up a support group, then please email: genetics@breakthrough.org.uk.
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