Maggies Centres Cancer Surgery Support
Maggie Keswick Jencks was the co-founder of Maggie’s Centres. Having found out that her cancer had returned and this time could not be beaten, she was determined to make sure that future suffers had somewhere to go when they were ill. Having realised how much better she felt when she was involved in her health care decisions she wanted this for others.
Shortly after Maggie died in 1995 the first clinic bearing her name opened in Edinburgh. Not many people know much about the centres or the help that Maggies Centres Cancer Surgery Support can give at a time when it is most needed. There is Maggies Centres Cancer Surgery Support available in Scotland and England with more centres being planned throughout the UK. To find out what they are able to do it is a good idea to visit their website for up to date information.
Maggies Centres Cancer Surgery Support FAQs
Q Who is Maggies centre suitable for?
A The centre is suitable for anyone who has been diagnosed with cancer. It is often a first point of call for when the diagnosis has just been made but not enough information has been received from the doctor or hospital.
Q When can we go to Maggies?
A The centres are open throughout the week and it is possible to just call in anytime between 9 and 5.
Q What do visitors have to do?
A Not a great deal and certainly nothing they do not want to do. Visitors can pick up some literature to get more information, talk to a member of staff about treatment or operations or just basically talk about anything that is concerning them. Often this will be their fears about the future and needing information about the different avenues open to them.
Q Is Maggies effective?
A According to people who use the centre it is and they are the people who should know. If they feel better after their visit than they did before then the clinic is doing something right. Visitors often find talking to another sufferer better than speaking to a medical person.
Q What works well?
A More time is taken to deal with each patient and so they are no longer a medical case but a person with a problem. There is no rush for the patient to leave so therefore it is more likely that they will open up and say everything they need to say. Knowing that often the person listening has been in the same position makes it easier to talk.
When accessing Maggies Centres Cancer Surgery Support you can be sure that you will be getting the best information regarding medical treatment and other people experiences of it. The staff who work at Maggies Centres Cancer Surgery Support are all fully qualified to give the information they give and many other people there will have been in the same position as the cancer sufferer so they too can give help from the point of view of a patient.