On these pages you will find information about local palliative care services in and around Argyll and Clyde . Services are displayed alphabetically by town.

Abbreviations:
HC Home Care, DC Day Care, HH Hospice at Home, Oth Other illness,
BS Bereavement Service, HSN/T Hospital Support Nurse/Team,
V Volunteers Used, i Information Service

Hospital Macmillan Nurse
Inverclyde Royal Hospital
Larkfield Road
GREENOCK
PA16 0XN

Tel: 01475 633777 ext 65101 Fax: 01475 656139

HSN

Services: Oncology Nurse Specialists provide input into the palliative care of cancer patients in the Inverclyde area. The hospital has a Pain Management Clinical Nurse Specialist and a Pain Clinic. The hospital has close links with the Ardgowan Hospice and IRH patients have access to the Lymphoedema Management Clinic at the Ardgowan Hospice.

Lomond

Palliative Care CNS
NHS Argyll & Clyde Trust
Vale of Leven Hospital
ALEXANDRIA
Dumbarton
G83 0AU

Tel: 01389 754121 Ext 3662
Email: alison.ferguson@vol.scot.nhs.uk

Beds: 2 + HC HSN BS Oth i

Services: Support at home and in hospital for people with cancer within Dumbarton, Helensburgh, Balloch and Alexandria areas.

Oban

Macmillan Home Care Nurse
Lorn & Island District General Hospital
Glengallen Road
OBAN
Argyll
PA34 4HH

Tel: 01631 567523 Fax: 01631 567118
Email: lucy.heycock@lidgh.scot.nhs.uk

HC HSN BS Oth

Services: Home care, extended home nursing for people with cancer and other terminal illnesses within Oban, Lorn & the Isles. Macmillan CNS provides support, chemotherapy service and specialist palliative nursing input within the hospital. Bereavement services are also available