Living Well Programme

The Living Well programme is a recent initiative from LOC with the aim of supporting patients above and beyond their treatment, with opportunities for participation during and after the treatment itself. A successful pilot programme took place in Summer 2010 and is being followed up with a rapidly expanding programme described below.

Listening to you... setting up the Living Well Programme

"Is that it?"

These were the words of an LOC patient on completing treatment recently.

For the majority of patients, completing treatment brings mixed emotions - from relief to have made it through the experience, to anxiety on who to turn to and often a sense of uncertainty and vulnerability. Many patients look for other resources in the hope of alleviating any physical, psychological and practical problems that may have arisen during treatment or which are causing more concern as time goes by – overwhelming fatigue, for example. Many of you say ‘I just want life to return to normal’ and yet there may have to be a new normal, at least for now. 

For some, there is a sense of worry, brought on by overly focusing on statistics, such as five-year survival and cure rates. However, there is much that can be offered to help you feel better, and potentially get better, numbers aside. 

With these thoughts in mind, the importance of creating a programme of follow up care, to make your life easier and address your concerns, is now our concern.