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Our Day Treatment Unit enables patients to have treatments such as blood transfusions and infusions, on a day care basis.

The Unit is run by experienced nurses, who are specialists in palliative care and lymphoedema management . Lymphoedema is the severe swelling of the limbs, principally caused by certain cancers and their treatment.

Approximately thirty patients each week benefit from our Day Treatment Service, which is staffed from Monday to Friday, to meet demand.

“As St Oswald’s is one of the few places in the North East where lymphoedema patients can come to be treated, I’m so grateful for the care I receive. From my first visit I felt right at home; the staff and volunteers are fantastic, the atmosphere is amazing and I feel so fortunate that I’m able to come here. All the Doctors and Nurses that I have come in contact with have been so caring and considerate. It’s very reassuring to know that if I’m worried about anything I can pick up the phone to St Oswald’s and chat things through, nothing is ever too much trouble."

To find out more about our Lymphoedema Service please download our leaflets. You can also view our online video, via You Tube, to find out more about all of our services.

In 2007 we embarked on a project to develop our Adult Day Services.  To find out more about this visit our Developing Services page.