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What is Joining the Dots? Macmillan Joining the Dots County Durham is a free, personal service for people aged 18 and over who have been diagnosed with cancer. We’re also there for friends, carers and relatives of any age too. We can speak with you about your needs at a time and place that’s best for you. Our friendly team can support you with the following issues that may be affected during your diagnosis or that of someone you care for. l
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Even if you think you don’t need help and support right now, we can listen to you and make sure that you have the right information and support when you need it. Macmillan Joining the Dots County Durham is a partnership between County Durham Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) and Macmillan Cancer Support. The service is delivered by Wellbeing for Life.
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How can we help? You highlight what concerns you have and we can help with one-to-one support. This support might include:
£ Money advice
Support around work
Advice on transport to appointments
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Support around home life
Emotional Support
Information to help you make decisions
Healthy eating and being more active
Wills and getting your affairs in order
Family and carer support
We can also provide you with on-going support when treatment has finished.
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How to get in touch You can self-refer to Macmillan Joining the Dots County Durham, you don’t have to go through a doctor or nurse. Alternatively, with your consent, your doctor, nurse, social worker or facilitator can email or telephone your name and telephone number to the Joining the Dots team. The team can call you to arrange an appointment to give you more information about how they can help you. Just because you agree to your name and telephone number being shared with us, it does not mean you have to accept a service. www.joiningthedots.info
JTDDurham
0800 876 6887
JTDDurham 07766 558688
*Please note this is an SMS text only service and texts will be charged at your standard network rate
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cddft.joiningthedots@nhs.net
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