CANCER patients will now have someone to walk beside them through treatment with a new cancer care nurse for Tamworth.
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JobLink Plus held a thank you morning tea for cancer services on Friday.
The cancer care coordinator has already started at the hospital and works with patients in oncology and hematology.
Before the nurse, patients and their families were often left to handle the coordination of their treatment themselves or sometimes with the help of a social worker.
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The funding was announced at a morning tea in Tamworth on Friday, attended by major care groups like Breast Cancer Support, Prostate Cancer Support, the Lioness Wig Library and Look Good Feel Better.
JobLink Plus community service manager Emily Roy doled out another $3000 to the support services.
Breast and prostate cancer support groups were given $1000 each and the wig library and Look Good Feel Better workshops received $500 respectively.