The Macmillan Breast Care Service

The role of the clinical nurse specialist for breast care is to provide support and counselling to women and their families prior to, during and after any treatment for breast disease/ cancer.

We link in very closely with the multi-disciplinary team to provide outstanding care that matters to you.

Our service also includes:

• Being available for you at clinics
• Providing information
• Pre and post-operative care
• Prosthesis fitting and bra measurements
• Lymphoedema assessment and referral onto lymphoedema service if appropriate
• Teaching, research, health promotion and education.

Macmillan breast nurse specialists are trained nurses with many years of experience in different nursing areas. We now specialise in breast disease and cancer.

You can contact us on 01305 255160, Monday to Thursday, 9am-5pm and Friday 9am-4pm. If we are not in the office, please leave a message on our 24-hour answerphone and we will return your call as soon as possible.

Team members

These are some of the members of the team that may take part in your treatment:

Mr Tomasz Graja, Lead Consultant in Breast Cancer Surgery
Ms Caroline Osborne, Consultant in Breast Cancer Surgery
Ms Vivien Ng, Consultant in Breast Cancer Surgery
Dr Amit Chakrabarti, Clinical Oncologist and Radiotherapist
Dr Rachel Wilkinson, Clinical Oncologist and Radiotherapist
Dr Jo Hack, Medical Oncologist
Dr Tom Marsh, Consultant Radiologist
Dr Oliver Foot, Consultant Pathologist
Katy Kennedy, Lead Breast Care Nurse Specialist
Jo Samways, Breast Care Nurse Specialist
Becky Membury, Breast Care Nurse Specialist
Nikki Clark, Breast Care Nurse Specialist
Lorraine Sers, Bank Breast Care Nurse Specialist (Bank CNS)
Josie Weaver, Breast Cancer Nurse Specialist (Metastatic and Secondary)
Tessa Bendall, MacMillan Cancer Support Worker (Metastatic and Secondary)

Contact numbers

We hope that you have found this information useful. If you have any questions or are worried about anything, please speak to the following Dorset County Hospital staff:

Breast cancer nurse specialists: 01305 255160
Metastatic cancer nurse specialists: 01305 253390

About this leaflet

Author: Katy Kennedy Breast Nurse Specialist
Written: January 2024
Approved: January 2024
Review date: January 2027
Edition: Version 2

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