CHANT
The South East London Community Head and Neck Cancer Team (CHANT) provides support, advice and specialist rehabilitation for patients who have undergone treatment for head and neck cancer. We are a multidisciplinary rehabilitation and support team, comprising dietitians, speech and language therapists, clinical nurse specialists and physiotherapists, who are all specialists in head and neck cancer.
The team works closely with colleagues at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust, which is the Cancer Treatment Centre for head and neck cancer, to provide seamless care from hospital to home following a patient’s cancer treatment. CHANT is the only service of its kind in the UK, bringing specialist care and rehabilitation closer to the patients’ home.
Services we offer include:
- Holistic needs assessment and care planning
- Advice, support and exercises for speech and swallowing problems
- Exercises for shoulder and neck problems following treatment
- Support and advice for patients with a tracheostomy, laryngectomy or feeding tube
- Help to increase independence
- Advice and support for breathing problems
- Emotional support for patients and carers.
CHANT is based in the Waldron Health Centre, however the team covers the whole of SE London, and has clinics in each of the six boroughs of Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham, Bromley, Bexley and Greenwich. The team can also visit patients in their own homes if there is a clinical need.
Address
Community Head and Neck Cancer Team
Waldron Health Centre, Suite 10
Amersham Vale
SE14 6LD
Tel. 0203 049 2350
Key contacts:
Meredy Birdi, Clinical Team Lead
T: 020 3049 2350
E: meredy.birdi@nhs.net
Virginia Simpson, Team Administrator
T: 020 3049 2350
E: virginia.simpson@nhs.net