TYA Services South West
TYA Lead Clinician: Toby Talbot
TYA CNS: Hannah Heayn
Facilities:
Adult: On the adult haematology and oncology ward two side rooms
and a quiet room have been equipped especially for TYA patient.
Similarly in the outpatient chemotherapy unit two side rooms are
age appropriate
Paeds: Sennen ward has four individual cubicles and an adjoining
adolescent unit where there is a day/activity room open to all
teenage patients.
The Cove, a new Macmillan cancer centre opened in October 2016
has dedicated TYA area, including small garden and chill out
space.
Taunton & Somerset NHS Foundation Trust
TYA Lead Clinician: Belinda Austin
TYA CNS: Nic
Neale
Facilities:
Adult and Paeds: TYA patients are offered single, private rooms
for treatment on Oak (paediatric), Ward 9 (haematology) and Beacon
ward (oncology) for inpatients and Oak and the Beacon Centre for
outpatients. 4 inpatient rooms on Ward 9 have 'wall landscaping' to
appeal to TYA but are not exclusive.
Further age appropriate spaces are in the development and
planning stages
Gloucestershire NHS Foundation Trust
TYA Lead Clinician: Asha Jonny
TYA CNS: Meg Wilsher
Facilities:
Adult: The Gloucestershire Oncology Centre at Cheltenham General
Hospital. Specific waiting area for TYA.
Paeds: Children's Centre at Gloucester Royal Hospital. Inpatient
and outpatient treatment is given in the dedicated oncology unit,
away from the main children's ward.
TYA Lead Clinician: Hannah Hunter
TYA CNS: Lucy Figg
Facilities:
Adult: Patients receive care on Brent or Bracken Wards and when
possible, this is provided in a private single room in partnership
with Teenage Cancer Trust. TYA age appropriate improvements have
been implemented in both in and out patient areas.
Paeds: Patients receive care in the Children's & Young
Peoples Outpatient Department (CYPOD) or on Wildgoose Ward.
TYA Lead Clinician: Peter Stephens
TYA CNS: Lorraine Beddard
Facilities:
Adult: Age appropriate inpatient in both Adult Oncology and
Haematology
Paeds: Two designated TYA inpatient rooms are available on
Bramble ward in the Paediatric unit.
Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation
Trust
TYA Lead Clinician: Mark Robinson
TYA CNS: Outreach from UH Bristol
Facilities:
Adult: Currently no age appropriate facilities within adult
cancer services facilities. A new cancer centre is proposed
(2019-20) and the provision of TYA age appropriate accommodation is
under discussion.
Paeds: Paediatric oncology shared care team in collaboration
with the Paediatric PTC team offer two private en-suite rooms with
adjacent sitting room for TYA use.
