OG Cancer Support Groups
OPA Groups operate under the banner of the OPA and their Charity Number 1062461. These meetings are held for patients who have had, or are about to have, major surgery for the removal of part (or all) of their oesophagus and stomach. Local specialist surgeons, nurses, dietitians and physiotherapists are sometimes invited to attend to answer your questions so that you can learn more about what has happened to you. The meeting will have a friendly format and you will be made very welcome. Please note that it is inevitable that most patients attending these meetings have had, or are going to have surgery. All oesophageal/gastric cancer patients are most welcome but this emphasis is to be expected.
Please take a look to find out where your nearest meeting are held. Check also with your Upper GI Nurse Specialist who often holds her or his own support meeting at their own hospitals, or contact the Co-Ordinator.
Peacehaven Town Council OfficesMeridian CentreMeridian WayBN10 8BB07715 011 323rh4776@gmail.com
Hilton Village HallPeacroft LaneHiltonDerbyDE65 5GH01332 513807chrisrlspiller@talktalk.net
The Force CentreCorner HouseBarrack RoadExeterEX2 5DW07710 286 204brian.marionk2@tiscali.co.uk
The Conference CentreHoliday InnEgerton RoadGuildfordGU2 7XZ07734 394 263davechuter@opa.org.uk
Headingley Golf ClubBack Church LaneAdelLeedsLS16 8DW0113 226 7250sol@soltaylor.co.uk
Venue to be decided 07956 562 158johncampolini@gmail.com
The Benjamin RoomNorfolk & Norwich HospitalColney LaneNorwich, NorfolkNR4 7UY07732 672816shales48@gmail.com
Birmingham Queen Elizabeth Hospital Group Queen Elizabeth HospitalQueen Elizabeth Medical CentreEdgbastonBirminghamB15 2TH 0121 627 2000
BradfordCancer Support Group YorkshireDaisy House Farm44 Smith LaneBradfordBD9 6AD01274 382585amanda.miller@bthft.nhs.uk
BristolGastro/Oesophageal Support & Help Group (Bristol)The Park CentreKingswoodBristolBS15 4AR0117 983 9906jackie.ann2002@gmail.com
CambridgeMaggie's CentreAddenbrooke's HospitalHills RoadCambridge CB2 0QQ01223 249220catherine.price@addenbrookes.nhs.uk
CardiffMaggies CentreThe Chris McGuigan BuildingVelindre Cancer CentreVelindre Road CF14 2TQLyndsey.bullock@wales.nhs.uk
ColchesterColchester General HospitalTurner RoadColchesterEssexCO4 5JL07565 929 381philipmarlowmann@hotmail.com
CornwallRoyal Cornwall Hospital2 Penventinnie LaneTreliske, TruroCornwallTR1 3LQ01208 831145Rabkol@aol.com
CoventryBaginton Village Hall (Committee Room)Frances RoadBagintonWarwickshireCV8 3AB01926 813544m_ovington@hotmail.com
EssexEssex Oesophago-Gastric Cancer SupportMid-Essex Hospitals NHS Trust, Broomfield HospitalCourt RoadEssexCM1 7ET01245 515010Jennifer.Clark@meht.nhs.uk
FrimleyLakeside International HotelWharf RoadFrimley GreenSurreyGU16 6JR01276 514650gloriawiseman9@gmail.com
GrimsbyVillage Hall26 Waltham RoadScartho, GrimsbyNorth East LincolnshireDN33 2LX01472 874 111helga.greenwood@nhs.net
Age U.K. centreHigh StreetNewportIsle of WightPO30 1TY01983 761610j.ring154@btinternet.com
Lancaster and Morecambe BaySOS Cancer Support Group SlynesdalesSlyne RoadLancasterLA2 6ST01253 811394ian@sos-cancersupport.uk
LeicesterHelen Webb House35 Westleigh RoadLeicesterLE3 0HH0116 258 5809cathy.thompson@uhl-tr.nhs.uk
Lister, StevenageEducation CentreLister HospitalCoreys Mill LaneStevenage, HertsSG1 4AB07779 953 296peter.wicklow@gmail.com
LiverpoolCardiothoracic Center, outpatientsLiverpool Heart & Chest HospitalThomas DriveLiverpoolL14 3PE07802 886120
London - Guy Hospital and Friends' Meeting HouseDimbleby Cancer Care2nd Floor Gassiot HouseSt Thomas' Hospital Westminster Bridge RoadLondon SE1 7EHjoanna.taylor@gstt.nhs.uk
London - PaddingtonThe Fountains Abbey PubFirst Floor Meeting Room109 Praed StreetLondonW2 1RL020 3313 0303OGCNS@imperial.nhs.uk
London - Royal MarsdenDowns RoadSuttonSurreySM2 5PT020 7821 1301nancy.hollendoner@btinternet.com
LutonLuton & Dunstable HospitalLewsey RoadLutonLU4 0DZ01582 497 971wendy.shearsmith@ldh.nhs.uk
Manchester - SalfordSalford Royal (Hope) HospitalStott LaneSalfordM6 8HD0161 206 5062Sarah.Pagett@srft.nhs.uk
Manchester - Tameside GroupTameside General HospitalFountain StAshton Under LyneLancashireOL6 9RW07734 889681
Mid Beds Cancer Support Group Village HallWalnut Tree WayMeppershallSG17 5AB01462 813 943daksha.trivedi@btconnect.com
Mid-CheshireMacmillan Cancer Unit, Leighton HospitalMiddlewich RoadCreweCheshireCW1 4QJ01270 273803Vicky.Woodall@mcht.nhs.uk
North DevonBarnstaple HotelBraunton RoadBarnstapleDevonEX31 1LE01271 314 147sarahdowson@nhs.net
Nottingham Upper GI Group Maggies CentreCity Hospital Campus (Gate 3)Hucknall RoadNottingham NG5 1PH0115 914 7018
Portsmouth and South HampshireUpper GI (MDT Office) E LevelQueen Alexandra Hospital Southwick HillPortsmouth PO6 3LY07470 290847phil_coverdale@yahoo.com
Preston GroupVine House20 Cromwell Road Ribbleton PRESTON PR2 6YB01257 452384dcritchley@madasafish.com
Scunthorpe Support GroupCliff GardensScunthorpe DN15 7BH03033 302 370victoria.hall3@nhs.net
South Lincolnshire GroupC/o MacmillanPilgrim HospitalBostonPE21 9QS01205 445916lisa.dichmont@ulh.nhs.uk
South WalesRoyal Glamorgan HospitalYnysmaerdyPontyclunMid GlamorganCF72 8XR01443 443051Rhiannon.J.Bowen@wales.nhs.uk
SurreySouth East Cancer Help Centre2 Purley RoadPurleyCR8 2HA0208 668 0974prendergastmichael@hotmail.com
WalsallUpper GI BluesAt The Manor HospitalMoat RoadWalsallWS2 9PS01922 442319bakeralfred49@yahoo.co.uk
Watford & Mount VernonMount Vernon & Watford Hospital Rickmansworth RoadNorthwoodMiddlesexHA6 2RN01923 844 546caroline.gee@nhs.net
Scotland Groups
Aberdeen Royal InfirmaryElizabeth Montgomerie BuildingWestburn RoadAberdeenAB25 2UZ01224 645 928Susan.Sutherland@maggiescentres.org
Maggie's DundeeNinewells HospitalTom McDonald AvenueDundee DD2 1NHdsteel@nhs.net
Western General Hospital The StablesCrewe RoadEdinburghEH4 2XU01315 373 131Andrew.Anderson@maggiescentres.org
Maggie's CentreVictoria HospitalHayfield RoadKirkcaldyKY2 5AH01592 647 997Alison.Harrow@maggiescentres.org
Maggie's CentreGartnavel General Hospital1053 Great Western RoadGlasgowG12 0YN01413 572 269Kerry.Craig@maggiescentres.org
Maggie's CentreRaigmore HospitalOld Perth Road Inverness IV2 3FL01463 706 306Carole.Bridge@maggiescentres.org
The Elizabeth Montgomerie Building Monklands HospitalMonkscourt AvenueNorth LanarkshireML6 0JSLorrie.Forsyth@maggiescentres.org
Maggie's Forth ValleyForth Valley Royal HospitalStirling RoadLarbertFK5 4WR01324 868 069Liz.MacMillan@maggiescentres.org
Room 1, Alexander Fleming Education CentreCrosshouse HospitalKilmarnockKA2 0BE01290 424 500aftonlee2@live.co.uk
