Patients & Family
Welcome to the Patient and Families section which includes information and resources about Children’s Cancer Services within the North West England, North Wales and Isle of Man.
Units within our Network
The NWCCODN works in partnership with 12 providers across the North West, set within the following localities Cheshire & Merseyside, Greater Manchester & Lancashire & South Cumbria. This includes the 3 Paediatric Oncology Shared Care Units located within North Wales and 1 Paediatric Oncology Care Unit located in the Isle of Man.
Click to see list of hospitals
1. Principal Treatment Centres (PTCs)
2. POSCUs in the North West of England and Isle of Man
3. POSCUs in North Wales
Support Services & Charities
The NWCCODN’s Patient & Family Experience Working Group have been working with the Cancer Care Map team to ensure that all the local support services and charities within our region are included on their map. The group have also been collaborating with the team to make sure the map is user friendly for children, young people and their families.
To find support services and charities that are available to you visit the interactive map by clicking the Cancer Care Map logo below.
The Cancer Care Map team review the information on the map regularly to ensure it is accurate and up to date.
We recommend that you put your location in the search box and then filter the age to children or teenagers.
If you have any quires or know of any support services or charities that aren’t on the map, please get in touch with the Cancer Care Map team directly via hello@cancercaremap.org
If you would like to join the network’s Patient & Family Experience Working Group to contribute to projects like this, please email us at info.nwccodn@mft.nhs.uk
Below are a selected list of local and national support services and charities. Please click on the logos to be directed to their official websites.
Hospices & Respite Care
The below offer additional support, respite care and events so you can connect with families impacted by cancer. Please click on the logos to be directed to the official websites.
Patient and Family Experience
A crucial aspect of service development within the ODN is the active involvement and engagement with patients, families and members of the public to plan, manage and design the service development. The ODN intends to listen to patients and families lived experiences and map out the patient pathways.
We will be working with patient experience leads within trusts to hear about patient and family feedback.
Since the network was established in 2022, we have used any existing forums, led patient & family workshops and the Under 16 Cancer Patient Experience Survey (U16CPES) to ensure the experience and viewpoints are at the heart of the network.
We Would Love to Hear From You
We would love to hear directly from you so please contact us if you wish to talk about your experience, suggest improvements, or be signposted to support services.