Resources for healthcare professionals to help patients at every stage of their cancer experience.
We provide free patient education group sessions online and in person. In these sessions, our Cancer Nurses provide information to guide patients through and beyond cancer treatment. We currently offer two topics: Chemotherapy Education and Life After Cancer: Enhancing Survivorship (LACES).
We also have extensive video resources that people can watch in their own time on the following topics:
Clear, efficient communication is vital to help patients to understand and make decisions about their treatment and to manage side-effects. Using established health-literacy friendly techniques can make interactions more effective, saving time and avoiding unnecessary follow-up and service use.
This 20-minute self-directed resource aims to:
Health literacy is now recognised as an essential part of quality, patient-centred care, but a large number of patients struggle with health literacy – understanding and using health information to manage their treatment and care.
Cancer health literacy poses a particular set of challenges compared to other types of health literacy, as patient decisions and treatment schedules are often complex, and timely decision-making can be critical. Health literacy challenges can be compounded by the distress associated with a cancer diagnosis.
NALA / Irish Cancer Society surveyed cancer nurses in 2019. The nurses asked for health literacy support, particularly audio-visual and training resources.
To respond to this need, the Irish Cancer Society and the National Adult Literacy Agency (NALA) have developed a short e-learning module, supported by MSD Ireland.
We make every effort to ensure that people can speak to our cancer nurses in their own language through our Telephone Interpreting Service.
Please advise anyone wishing to use the Telephone Interpreting Service to call our Support Line on Freephone 1800 200 700, Monday to Friday 9am–5pm, or contact your nearest Daffodil Centre.
We provide transport and limited financial grants for patients in need who are in cancer treatment.
See our Transport Service page for more information.
We have over 100 booklets, leaflets and resources on different topics, including patient information and support, cancer prevention and more. View our publications.
Healthcare professionals can also order free copies of our booklets and leaflets.
Our Welfare and Supports team can advise on benefits, social welfare entitlements, public services, medical card applications, community support, legal entitlements, housing and mortgages, childcare or talking to employers.
For more information or for referral information see our Welfare and Supports page.
We have a range of supports and services for families affected by childhood cancer and online and printed information about childhood cancers.
Cancer.ie provides reliable, easy-to-understand information for cancer patients on everything from diagnosing cancer to tests, treatments and possible side-effects. We also have lots of information on coping with the impact of cancer, both emotionally and practically.
Please encourage your patients to use the website as a trusted resource.
They can find information on their own cancer type and they will be directed to additional resources to help throughout the site.
All the information on our free supports and services can be found here.
Our cancer nurses on our Support Line and in our Daffodil Centres can further support patients with more information, signposting and support.
Irish Cancer Society Head office, 43/45 Northumberland Road Dublin, D04 VX65
Charity Regulatory Authority No. 20009502; Revenue Number CHY5863, Company Number 20868.
