Providing patient comforts

Hywel Dda Health Charities teamed up with Macmillan Cancer Support to deliver wellness packs to patients receiving anti-cancer treatment across Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire.

Macmillan supported the initiative by providing a grant of £2,000 toward the wellness packs. Hywel Dda Health Charities then assembled and distributed the packs to Hywel Dda cancer services.

Patricia Rees, Lung Cancer Triage Clinical Nurse Specialist, said: “The Macmillan grant funding was used to provide a variety of useful items for patients receiving treatment for a cancer diagnosis.

“The first chemotherapy or anti-cancer session can be daunting for patients, when they have just had a diagnosis of cancer and can face many weeks and months of treatment that will make them feel unwell. Many patients will not know what items they need."