Community clinics

Community head and neck team (CHANT) clinics

Address: CHANT office, Waldron health centre, Amersham Vale, London SE14 6LD

Phone: 020 3049 2350

Email: [email protected]

We answer calls and emails from Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.

If you cannot attend your appointment, please tell us as soon as possible.

Our service is for anyone with head and neck cancer who has a GP in south east London. It does not matter which hospital you're having treatment at.

How we support you

CHANT provides specialist advice and rehabilitation for people with head and neck cancer. We also have a psychology service.

We offer support with:

• breathing changes and altered airways (following a laryngectomy or tracheostomy)
• emotional wellbeing
• fatigue (tiredness) and pain
• finances, work and lifestyle
• movement of your neck, shoulders and jaw
• nutrition (including by a feeding tube if you have one)
• oral hygiene (looking after your teeth and mouth)
• referral to community health and social care services
• swallowing, speech and communication

Our team

Our team includes:

• clinical nurse specialists
• dietitians
• a clinical psychologist
• speech and language therapists
• physiotherapists
• therapy assistants
• administrative staff

We work with your GP and other services involved in your care.

You'll have appointments at your local clinic during your recovery.

How we refer you

If you've had radiotherapy, your hospital team will refer you to CHANT before you finish treatment.

If you have had surgery, your hospital team will refer you to CHANT when you leave hospital, if needed.

If you've had chemotherapy or other treatments, your Guy's Cancer team will refer you to CHANT, if needed.

Your appointment

If you've had radiotherapy

Your first appointment will be one week after you finish treatment. We'll see you in our post-treatment clinic at the Cancer Centre at Guy's.

At this appointment you will see:

• our dietitian
• a speech and language therapist
• a nurse

If you have not had radiotherapy

We'll see you at one of our community clinics.

Your appointment will be with team members who are best suited to your needs.

Community locations

Please note: local clinics are allocated based on the borough you live in.

Eltham community hospital
30 Passey Place, London SE9 5DQ
Mondays

Lakeside medical practice
Yarnton Way, London SE2 9LH
Tuesdays

Waldron health centre
Suite 1, Ground Floor, Waldron Health Centre, Amersham Vale, London SE14 6LD
Tuesdays

Beckenham Beacon
379 Croydon Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 3QL
Wednesdays

Artesian health centre
138 Grange Road, London SE1 3GF
Thursdays

The Whittington centre
11-13 Rutford Road, London SW16 2DQ
Fridays

St Christophers
Caritas House, Tregony Road, Orpington, Kent BR6 9XA
Fridays (every 2 weeks)