Contact us
Area 61 Teenage Cancer Trust Inpatient Unit: 0117 342 1133
Area 61 Teenage Cancer Trust Outpatients and Day Unit: 0117 342
7198
TYA team office number: 0117 342 1713
Jamie Cargill: Teenage Cancer Trust Lead Nurse - 07827270638
TYA MDT Coordinator: 0117 342 7654
Hospital switchboard: 0117 923 0000
Teenage and Young Adult Team Email: TYAMDaT@uhbw.nhs.uk
The Teenage and Young Adult (TYA) service
We know that the needs of teenagers and young adults with cancer
are both complex and individual, and are not the same as the needs
of children or older adults. We have a specialist team of
professionals who will support you throughout and beyond your
cancer diagnosis and treatment, and respond to your emotional,
social and practical needs, remembering that you are a young person
and an individual. The TYA Team will work in a positive, flexible,
creative way to meet your needs and recognise your priorities. They
will also support your family, friends, partner, colleagues,
teachers... basically anyone who is also affected by what you are
going through.
We see the young person first, cancer diagnosis second.
All members of the team involved in your care will be happy to
answer any questions that you may have, or find the best possible
person to do so. We have a wide range of information booklets o
available, but if you would like something in particular please
ask.
Here are some of the people you're likely to meet:
TYA Lead Clinician
A senior doctor with specialist experience in young people's
cancer leads the team with the Teenage Cancer Trust Lead Nurse. You
may not meet him/her as your treatment will be directed by your own
cancer specialist. He/she is responsible for making sure the
service works to the highest possible standards and to intervene if
serious problems arise. You or your family can ask to meet
the TYA Lead Clinician if you feel your concerns are not being
dealt with as you would like.
Teenage Cancer Trust Nurse Consultant
The TYA Nurse Consultant can help with any problems
you may encounter with your care or with the service. Alongside the
TYA Lead Clinician the Nurse Consultant's role is to lead the
TYA service and ensure that high standards of care are adhered to
at all times. You and your family can ask to meet the Teenage
Cancer Trust Nurse Consultant if you feel your concerns are not
being dealt with as you would like.
Teenage Cancer Trust Clinical Nurse
Specialist
The TYA Specialist Nurse can provide advice, support, advocacy
and help from other services for you and your family. The
Specialist Nurse also has an active role in providing education and
training for staff in caring for this unique group of
patients.
Teenage Cancer Trust Youth Support Coordinator
(YSC)
This role is non-medical and provides you with individually
tailored support, activities on and off the unit and any extra
advice or information you may need. She is here to listen if you'd
like to talk about your experiences of cancer, about life outside
your treatment and talk to about anything else that affects you and
your wellbeing - things like sex and relationships, body image and
self-esteem, careers and work experience, drugs and alcohol... so
whether you want a chat, a distraction, or a change of scenery,
have a chat with your YSC!
CLIC Sargent Young Persons' Social Worker
Your Social Worker is able to provide a wide range of support to
you and the people who are important to you, to help you cope with
the emotional impact of cancer. They will help you deal with any
concerns you may have around your finances (help with accessing
grants and benefits,) employers, school, college, university, and
housing. Your Social Worker may also be able to help with practical
issues such as getting to and from hospital, parking and accessing
accommodation nearby. Whatever is worrying you, you can have a chat
with your Social Worker and they'll do what they can to
help.
Clinical Psychologist
Clinical Psychologists provide support, psychological assessment
and interventions for young people with cancer. This support may be
offered to you, and your family, if you are struggling with
difficult feelings in relation to cancer. This may be adjusting to
what having cancer means to you, or challenges with the treatments
you are undergoing and the impact they may have (e.g. on
relationships, self-esteem or body-image) or adjusting to the end
of treatment. If you think this would be beneficial please speak to
a member of the TYA Team about the support available. If your team
thinks that you would benefit from a referral to a Clinical
Psychologist, this will only be made after discussion and agreement
from you.
