It seems to vary from one area to another. I was assigned a MacMillan nurse just as I was starting palliative chemo. In some areas the GP makes the referral to MacMillan. The MacMillan website says "You'll need to be referred by your GP, your hospital consultant, a district nurse or a hospital ward sister. Don't hesitate to ask them if there are Macmillan nurses available in your area. Macmillan nurses work throughout the country, but if there isn't a Macmillan service in your local area, you can be referred to alternative specialist services." www.macmillan.org.uk/.../macmillan-nurses.html
It seems to vary from one area to another. I was assigned a MacMillan nurse just as I was starting palliative chemo. In some areas the GP makes the referral to MacMillan. The MacMillan website says "You'll need to be referred by your GP, your hospital consultant, a district nurse or a hospital ward sister. Don't hesitate to ask them if there are Macmillan nurses available in your area. Macmillan nurses work throughout the country, but if there isn't a Macmillan service in your local area, you can be referred to alternative specialist services." www.macmillan.org.uk/.../macmillan-nurses.html
We were assigned on ewhen they finally decided it was cancer after months of invasive testing. She was absolutely bloody useless, did nothing and I had no help or support from them at all. She had the nerve to speak to us at the hospital recently as we saw her in the corridor just by chance, I wanted to scream at her.
