Goal two: People affected by lymphoma have improved wellbeing and emotional resilience
“I was desperate when I called your Helpline and feel so much better having spoken to you.
Our Helpline Service supported 1,144 interactions via phone, email and Live Chat.
258 people were supported by our Live your Life programme through 26 online and in-person workshops, and our mini course.
We added three new modules to our Preparing for Treatment Service, which cover nutrition and eating well, keeping active and fertility preservation. 385 people signed up, including 30 healthcare professionals, to access helpful information ahead of lymphoma treatment for themselves, loved ones or patients.
We launched the pilot phase for our Care Kit programme, a carefully curated package of items that people might find helpful, supportive or comforting when going through treatment.
We developed our Newly Diagnosed Programme to offer information and support sessions to people who are in the very early stages of a lymphoma diagnosis.
of people who attended a Live your Life workshop felt better able to cope with the emotional aspect of a lymphoma diagnosis.
To support healthcare professionals in delivering the best lymphoma treatment and care, we:
Launched Lymphoma Essentials, an educational resource for healthcare professionals new to lymphoma.
Delivered our online Lymphoma Management Course for healthcare professionals wanting to learn about the latest lymphoma developments.
Provided specialist information and communications to healthcare professionals and extended our reach to Macmillan teams and Maggie’s centres.
Held 58 meetings with specialist nursing teams across the UK to raise awareness of our services and information resources.
Lymphoma Management course
467 registrations
of attendees said it will help ensure their patients are more informed and understand their condition.
Lymphoma Essentials course
196 registered users
of users who have taken at least one course say that what they've learned will help them better communicate and support those with lymphoma and their families/ carers.
“Lymphoma Essentials offers excellent, easy to understand information delivered in an engaging way with appropriate images and explanations to aid learning.
