We are announcing, with great sadness and regret, that due to a lack of further funding, our counselling service based at the Sunderland Royal Hospital, for people affected by cancer, who accessed their treatment in Sunderland, will be closing and we will no longer be able to accept referrals for that service. We have been providing this service in the city for the last 14 years and over that time, we have supported hundreds of cancer patients, as well as partners, carers and other family members. We would like to acknowledge the help and support of Macmillan Cancer Support, Sunderland Cancer Patients Support Fund, the Northern Cancer Alliance and Sunderland Integrated Care Board over that time.

Anyone who has already been referred for counselling and is waiting to be seen will receive counselling exactly as they were expecting, but the service is now closed for new referrals. We would advise people in Sunderland who are affected by cancer and who feel they need talking therapy or psychological support to contact:

Sunderland Talking Therapies – online self-referral at  https://sunderlandtalkingtherapies.co.uk/

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