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Holistic Needs Assessment
Talking_about_your_cancer_EasyRead_2.png Being told you have cancer can change your life in many ways
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Talking_about_your_cancer_EasyRead_4.png A Holistic Needs Assessment will focus on you as a whole person - not just on your illness
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During a Holistic Needs Assessment, we can talk about

  • What is happening to your body
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  • how you feel
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  • your future
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  • spiritual matters
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  • your family and friends
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  • money worries
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  • anything else that matters to you
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to you
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can help
Talking_about_your_cancer_EasyRead_14.png You can ask for this help at any time during your treatment
Talking_about_your_cancer_EasyRead_15.png It’s your choice - you don’t have to have a Holistic Needs Assessment
Talking_about_your_cancer_EasyRead_16.png The Macmillan Support and Information Service is here for people with cancer and their families and friends
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We offer

  • information on cancer
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  • a listening ear for your concerns and worries
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  • practical advice on things like wigs and how to tie a scarf
Talking_about_your_cancer_EasyRead_20.png You can find us on the ground floor of the University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
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Contact us

Please contact your CNS or the Macmillan Support and information Service
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  • if you have any questions about the Holistic Needs Assessment
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  • or if you are worried about something and want to talk to someone about it
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You can call us on

020 34 47 86 63

020 34 47 38 16
 

Other useful contacts
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You can call them on

080 88 08 00 00
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or visit their website at

macmillan.org.uk
Talking_about_your_cancer_EasyRead_27.png Cancer Research UK
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You can call them on

080 88 00 40 40
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or visit their website at

cancerresearchuk.org

University College London Hospitals NHS
Foundation Trust (UCLH) is not responsible for
information given by these organisations

Talking about your cancer - HNA easy read

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Page last updated: 15 January 2026

Review due: 31 January 2028