Units

We involve young people when we plan our units, so you might walk into one and find a game of pool going on, someone chatting to friends on a webcam, or a group huddled by the computer. It’s all about giving teenagers the chance to be themselves.

A Teenage Cancer Trust unit brings teenagers with cancer together, so they can support each other. Being able to talk to people going through exactly what they’re going through makes a huge difference.

Alongside all of this is a medical team of teenage cancer specialists who pool knowledge to create a body of expertise that’s second to none. They’re backed up by our Nurse Consultants who provide clinical care, develop research, deliver professional education and ensure that standards remain as high as possible.

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The costs

  • Between £500,000 and £3.5million to build and equip a new unit
  • Around £50,000 to fund a Nurse Consultant

We estimate that with the units we currently have around the UK, only half of the teenagers diagnosed with cancer have access to this dedicated, specialist support. So we need to do more.

Our aim is to build enough units so that by 2012, every single teenager will be treated on one.

Meet the staff

Meet our nurses and find out about the importance of their work, what they do, and a little more about them.

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Family Support Network

Family Support Networks have been developed to provide support throughout the cancer journey. They focus on the needs of the whole family – if loved ones are supported the young person in turn will be supported.

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