Intro
Contact us
Breast Care Unit Main Contact
Contact Number: 024 76 86 5116
Please note: If you are booking a routine breast screening (mammogram) appointment please call 02476967200 or email the booking team based at University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire at bss@uhcw.nhs.uk
Medical Secretary
Jayne Morrison - Secretary to Mr Yogesh Jain
- Contact Number: 02476 86 5116
- E-mail: Jayne.
morrison @geh.nhs.uk
Anne Hughes - Secretary to Mr Tin Sein
- Contact Number: 02476 86 5048
- E-mail: Anne.
hughes @geh.nhs.uk
Breast Care Nurse Specialists
- Lead Breast Care Nurse: Annette Tracey
- Breast Care Nurse: Claire Nutting
- Breast Care Nurse: Gemma Roper
Telephone Number: 024 7686 5181 (Available Monday to Friday)
Breast & Oncoplastic Surgeons
Mr Yogesh Jain (Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon)
Mr Natarajan Vaithilingham (Locum Consultant Oncoplastic Breast Surgeon)
Ms Samreen Khushbakht (Speciality Registrar)
Health Care Support Worker
Julie Morris
Radiographer Assistants
- Lisa Parker
- Valerie Pilgrim
- Julie Coombs
Oncology Breast Care Nurse
Alison Syborn
Telephone: 07876 590687
Metastatic Breast care nurse
Jenna Williams
Telephone: 07827 230785 (Monday to Friday)
Rebecca Bourne
Living with and beyond cancer clinical nurse specialist
Telephone: 07341055424
Prosthesis fitting by appointment
Telephone: 02476 86 5181
Updated August 2022
The Breast Care Unit at George Eliot Hospital provide a range of clinics and services to local people and patients. The Breast Care Unit is based in the Outpatients department at George Eliot Hospital.
The Breast Care Unit offers the following:
- New patient assessments
- Follow up clinics for post biopsy, post operative and surveillance patients
- Pre operative consenting clinics
- Advice and support clinic for patients following results
- Immediate and delayed reconstruction
- Oncoplastic clinics for patients undergoing immediate or delayed reconstruction
- Prosthetic fittings
- Tattooing
- Wellbeing advice
- Triple assessment clinic
- Nurse led pre-clerking and post operative result clinics
- Nurse led seroma, aspirations, wound and drain management clinics
- Nurse led prosthetic fitting clinic
- Nurse led tattooing clinic
Local support
Walk and Talk
Weekly support group for patients affected by cancer supported by a clinical nurse specialist. Tuesdays in Riversley Park, 1:30pm to 2:30pm.
Macmillan Cancer Information Centre
Offers people affected by cancer access to good quality, comprehensive and appropriate information and support
Look Good Feel Better
Workshops at George Eliot Hospital help women undergoing cancer treatment to regain their self-confidence and self-esteem at a very difficult time in their lives. We aim to help people diagnosed with cancer to literally look good…and feel better.
Bosom Buddies Support Group
Group meet 2nd Wednesday every month at the Weddington Social Club, Weddington Road, Nuneaton CV10 0ER, 12:30pm to 2:30pm.
Contact Corinne on 07557960165 for further information.
Oasis
Free Relaxation for staff and patients.
Breast Cancer Care Support
- Breast Cancer Support - Signs and symptoms of breast cancer
- Have I got breast cancer?
- Signs and symptoms of breast cancer
- Facing breast cancer
- Secondary breast cancer care
- Breast cancer in younger women
- Support
Coppafeel Campaign
Coppafeel - Breast care advice
Whatever your age or gender, knowing your body and being aware of the symptoms of breast cancer is really important. Try this handy video to show you how it's done.
Knowing your boobs could save your life, so sign up for one of Coppafeel's regular reminders to check your boobs via a text message. Visit the Coppafeel website.
NHS Choices
Other useful links
Out of hours
If you require support out of hours (between 5:00pm and 9:00am Monday to Friday, weekends and bank holidays) please contact your GP surgery or dial NHS 111.