Breast Care Team
LEM: Joanne Doncaster 01246 513870
Welcome to the Breast Care Pathway. We hope you will enjoy your time with us and find it a valuable experience.
Our Philosophy of Care
-
To treat everyone as individuals.
-
To provide emotional, practical and psychological care for all patients (and their significant others) who attend clinics.
-
To support patients (and their significant others) throughout their pathway.
-
To provide patients with suitable and timely information to enable them to make appropriate decisions and informed choices regarding their treatment.
-
To refer patients to other health care professionals for additional support if required.
-
To provide ongoing support once treatment is complete.
 Joanne DoncasterBreast Care Nurse Practitioner (LEM) |
|---|
 Ami PashleyHealth Care Assistant |
 Miss Iman AzmyOncoplastic Breast Surgeon (Lead) |
 Mr Ciaran HollywoodOncoplastic Breast Surgeon |
Learning Opportunities
Students will have plenty of opportunities to observe a variety of clinics including; breast screening assessment, biopsy results, ward follow-up, oncology and reconstruction.
Your time with us will give you a good insight into the patients journey through their cancer pathway as well as attending both therapeutic and diagnostic MDT’s. You will also have chance to observe medical and surgical procedures and tests.
Useful Contacts -
Breast Care Nurses: 01246 512356
Breast Screening Reception: 01246 516060
Breast Secretary: 01246 513197
Placement Hours -
Monday - Friday, 9am - 5pm
We are based in the Mammography Department.
Students are usually with us for two weeks, with opportunities to visit other departments which our patients attend throughout their treatment pathway.
