Cancer Care
Contact us
Call our cancer care line on 01227 868666.
Opening hours: Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm, Saturday and Sunday 8am - 4pm.
Change or cancel your appointment Contact a wardOur cancer care line is a central helpline for all patients who have come into contact with a Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist or the Macmillan Acute Oncology Team. Not all people that are given this number have cancer, some maybe undergoing investigations to rule it out.
The people that answer your calls are not medically trained. In order for them to direct you to correct person/ team, they will ask for some clinical and personal information.
The Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialists run designated phone clinics. If suitable, you will be booked onto the next available telephone clinic. This may not be the same day.
If the Cancer Care Line Co-ordinator's triage indicates you require urgent clinical advice, you will be put through to the specialist nurse of the day.
Call our cancer care line on 01227 868666.
What we do
East Kent Hospitals cancer services provide care and support for people with cancer.
Our teams work with neighbouring Trusts as well as specialist centres to make sure our patients have access to state of the art assessment, diagnostic and treatment facilities.
If you're diagnosed with cancer, you'll be cared for by a team of specialists.
About your treatment
Your team will recommend the treatment they think it's the best option for you, but the final decision is yours. Making this decision can be difficult. You may find it useful to write a list of questions to ask your care team.
We offer chemotherapy and radiotherapy for our patients.
Before your treatment begins, you'll have tests to check your general health and make sure the treatment is suitable for you.
These may include:
blood tests – to check things such as how well your liver and kidneys are working, and how many blood cells you have
X-rays and scans – to check the size of your cancer
measurements of your height and weight – to help your team work out the correct dose.
During treatment you'll also have tests to monitor your progress.
View our chemotherapy patient information libraryWhere you'll be treated
We have three chemotherapy units and a mobile chemotherapy unit, which travels to different sites in Kent. These are:
Cathedral Day Unit, Canterbury
Celia Blakey Centre, Ashford
Viking Day Unit, Margate
Mobile Unit travels to Herne Bay, Cheriton and Dover.
Where to find us
Our clinic appointments are held at the following sites:
William Harvey Hospital, Ashford
Kent and Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury
Buckland Hospital, Dover
Royal Victoria Hospital, Folkestone.