Patient requiring urgent/emergency radiotherapy? Including:
- Metastatic spinal cord compression (MSCC)
- Superior Vena-Cava Obstruction (SVCO)
- Cancer related bleeding
- Cancer induced compressive symptoms
Referrals to be made via
- The James Cook University Hospital WEBICE – urgent/palliative radiotherapy referral
- External referrals can be made via external emergency radiotherapy request form. Once completed please email the form to [email protected]
And ring the advanced practitioner or the on-call oncology consultant/registrar team (timing of who to contact are listed below) to inform the relevant team of the referral.
Contact the palliative radiotherapy team
Advanced practitioner (in urgent and palliative radiotherapy) Sophie Burns:
Mobile: 07442824652
Email: [email protected]
Available: Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm
(Outside these hours, please contact the on-call consultant/registrar).
Outside of these hours
For the on-call oncology consultant/oncology registrar, phone The James Cook University Hospital switchboard, 01642 850850 and ask for the registrar/consultant On-call.
(The oncology SpR bleep is 1425)
After hours and weekends (including any time after 5pm, weekends and bank holidays).
Acute oncology service (AOS)
Phone The James Cook University Hospital switchboard, 01642 850850, and enter extension 57982 or 57983. Alternatively you can phone 07741616475
Email: [email protected]
Available: Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm