Have you seen the cancer services app?

Cancer Services offer a smartphone app to provide support and information to people and their families living with cancer and beyond.

The app is available for both apple and android phones and covers a broad range of information from benefits and welfare advice through to support groups and services to promote wellbeing.

For any support, information or advice, please contact the East Lancashire Macmillan Cancer Information and Support Service via phone or email:

If you want to promote any services via the app then please contact eastlancsmacmillan@elht.nhs.uk

Search for the 'HealthZone UK' app and then for 'ELHT Cancer Team App'.

What we do

The Trust’s Cancer Services and Oncology Directorate sits within the Division of Surgery and Anaesthetic Services and delivers cancer care, including out-patient clinics, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up services across all tumour sites.

The Directorate consists of multi-disciplinary professionals who work together to ensure the Trust delivers high quality care to all patients on a cancer pathway.

If you are referred to the Trust on a suspected cancer pathway also referred to as a two week rule, we have a dedicated Rapid Diagnostic Services in specific tumour groups.

The Trust provides outpatient ~~chemotherapy~~ systemic anti-cancer therapy (SACT) consultation clinics, delivered by ~~the three~~ Consultant Medical Oncologists in conjunction with visiting Consultant Clinical Oncologists from Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Patients requiring radiotherapy treatment are referred to the Rosemere Cancer Centre at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals (Preston site).

We have a team of 12 Consultants and 3 Speciality Doctors who deliver the Medical and Clinical aspects of these services.

This includes cancer of the lung, upper gastrointestinal tract (gut), lower gastrointestinal tract (bowel), hepatobiliary (liver, pancreas, gall bladder), head and neck, breast, urology (bladder, prostate, kidneys), gynaecological and cancer of the unknown primary (CUP).

These services are supported by a range of Cancer Clinical Nurse Specialists, Cancer Support Workers and Advanced Clinical Practitioners.

Acute Oncology support is delivered from the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital for patients currently undergoing cancer treatment. Acute Oncology is a nurse led service.

Referrals into a Cancer Pathway are made by a GP or hospital Consultant. This is done as soon as there is a suspicion of cancer.

ELHT has a Non-Specific Symptoms Rapid Diagnostic Service (NSS RDS) for patients in cases where a GP is worried they might have cancer but are unsure where the primary diagnosis of cancer could be.

To find out more information please visit the following web page: Non-Specific Symptoms Rapid Diagnostic Service (NSS RDS) :: East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (elht.nhs.uk)

The Trust has two dedicated chemotherapy suites on each of its two main hospital sites Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital and Burnley General Teaching Hospital delivering both chemotherapy and immunotherapy to oncology and haematology patients.

Outpatient appointments are offered from the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital and Burnley General Teaching Hospital.

Short film showing the Primrose Chemotherapy Unit at Burnley General Teaching Hospital

Radiotherapy is provided at the Rosemere Cancer Centre on the site of the Royal Preston Hospital.

Sara Bates, Cancer and Oncology Directorate Manager - 01254 735014
Mr Mohan-Pillai , Clinical Director - 01254 735014
Stephanie Hechter, Assistant Director of Nursing for Cancer Services 01254 735014

Alice Casey, Cancer and Oncology Assistant Directorate Manager - 01254 735014
Angela Holden, Matron for Cancer Services - 01254 735014
Mrs Lisa Stone, Directorate PA - 01254 735014

Mrs Lisa Stone, Directorate PA, 01254 735 014

Service by Clinician referral and appointment only.

The Systemic Anti-Cancer Therapy (SACT) units operate during core hours Monday to Friday at Burnley General and Blackburn Royal. They are closed evenings and weekends.

The Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital in particular is an extremely busy site and as such this can make parking and accessing the site at certain times of the day more challenging.

It is recommended that you leave additional time to allow for access and parking to ensure you are able to attend for your appointment at the allotted time.