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Lymphoma clinical nurse specialists

Our team

  • Amy King - lead lymphoma clinical nurse specialist
  • Helen Brown - lead PIFU and frailty lymphoma clinical nurse specialist
  • Lauren Duhig - lymphoma clinical nurse specialist
  • Megan Walker - lymphoma clinical nurse specialist
  • Robyn Tomat - lymphoma clinical nurse specialist
  • Sue Bowry - lymphoma support worker
  • Lauren Griffiths - lymphoma PIFU and frailty support worker
A photo of the clinical nurse specialists standing together.
From left to right: Amy King, Lauren Griffiths, Helen Brown, Megan Walker, Lauren Duhig, Sue Bowry

What do we do?

The lymphoma clinical nurse specialist team is based at Southampton General Hospital.

As a nursing team we have expert knowledge and experience in supporting people with possible and confirmed lymphoma. We are part of the team of healthcare professionals involved in your care from when you start having investigations, through diagnosis, treatment and after.

As lymphoma clinical nurse specialists, we provide support, information, and advice throughout your care. We work in partnership with healthcare professionals at Southampton General Hospital, local hospitals, community teams and GP surgeries. Our aim in providing this support is that you feel listened to, so we can understand what your values, goals and preferences are. This is particularly important when there are discussions around your care, so that you feel able to actively participate in any appropriate healthcare decisions. Our support and conversations with you are confidential, we want you to feel able to discuss your worries and/or concerns with us.

What support can we offer?

  • Advice and support for patients and their carers regarding treatment and possible side effects.
  • Psychological support.
  • Comprehensive information about lymphoma, planned treatments and follow-up care.
  • Close liaison with other agencies to provide continuity of care.
  • A contact and resource for patients and their cares whilst receiving treatment.
  • Information about useful organisations and patient support services.
  • Time to discuss problems and issues of management.
  • Ongoing support when in follow up and living after or with cancer.
  • Management of our patient initiated follow up service.
  • Comprehensive frailty assessment and support to those with frailty needs.
  • Support with shared decision making.

Contact us

We are based at Southampton General Hospital, and available Monday to Friday from 8am to 4pm (excluding bank holidays).

You can call us on 023 8120 5059 or call, text or WhatsApp 07917 271793

Or you can email us at lymphomanurses@uhs.nhs.uk

A voicemail service is in operation, and we aim to return calls within 24 hours during the week unless the outgoing message directs otherwise.

Other useful contacts

For emergencies call 999 or contact the 24 hour acute oncology service on 023 8120 1345.

For queries regarding blood tests, treatment and outpatient appointments please contact the booking team on 023 8120 8497.

For queries about PET scan appointments please contact 023 8120 5890.

For queries about CT scan appointments please contact 023 8120 4198.

National support

Local support