Breast care services
The Breast Unit operates from two sites, Calderdale Royal Hospital (CRH) and Huddersfield Royal Infirmary (HRI) delivering a total of seven clinics each week.
There is also a Breast Care Nurse drop-in each Thursday between 2pm and 4pm in the Macmillan Unit at CRH.
Most patients are referred from their local GP for diagnosis and treatment of breast conditions. Referrals are also taken from the Pennine Breast Screening Unit to the patient's choice of hospital.
Comprehensive multi-disciplinary breast services delivered include:
- Outpatient services operating on two sites for patients convenience
- Patients are treated within multi-disciplinary clinical teams working to national guidelines.
- Excellent peer review
- 100% two week wait for fast track referrals
- Immediate and delayed breast reconstruction
- Nipple areola tattooing.
- Sentinel node biopsy.
- Neo-adjuvant /preoperative endocrine therapy and chemotherapy.
- Access to new drugs through extensive clinical trials.
- Family history screening
- Genetics referral service
- ‘Drop-in’ clinics available weekly
- Support groups weekly
- Support groups for metastatic patients
- Prosthetic and bra fitting
- Lymphoedema assessment and treatment
- Counselling services
- An all female in patients ward (Ward 4C)
Where to find us
Main out patient departments:
The Calderdale Royal Infirmary, Salterhebble Hill, Halifax. Tel 01422 357171
The Huddersfield Royal Infirmary, Acre Street, Lindley Huddersfield. Tel 01484 342000
There is also a Breast Care Nurse drop-in each Thursday between 2pm and 4pm in the Macmillan Unit at CRH.
Who to contact to find out more
Breast Care Nurses Offices:
Calderdale Royal Hospital: 01422 222722/23
Meet the team
Consultant Surgeons: Ms A. Waterworth, Mr N.K. Sharma, Ms S. Iqbal and Mrs W. Hamilton-Burke.
Breast Care Nurses: Julie Bottomley, Joyce Graham, Debbie Weavill, Carina Madden and Sue Booker.
| Name | Special Interests | Inpatient Services (available at which site) | Outpatient services (which sites and any outreach clinics) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Shabana Iqbal | Consultant Breast Surgeon | Currently has no clinical or surgical dates. | Currently has no clinical or surgical dates. |
| Mr Narinder Sharma | Consultant Breast and Reconstructive Surgeon | CRH Inpatient and Day Surgery | CRH Tuesday AM - new and follow up CRH Tuesday PM - new patients ONLY |
| Ms Alison Waterworth | Consultant Oncoplastic Breast and Reconstructive Surgeon. MDT Lead | CRH Inpatient and day surgery HRI Day Surgery | CRH Wednesday AM - new and follow up (alt. weeks) CRH Thursday AM - new family history, new symptomatic patients and follow up (alt. weeks) CRH Friday AM - new and follow up CRH Friday PM - new patients ONLY |
| Mrs Werbena Hamilton-Burke | Consultant Oncoplastic Breast & Reconstructive Surgeon | OP Services | CRH Monday PM - new and follow up HRI Wednesday AM - new patients ONLY HRI Thursday - new patients ONLY (alt. weeks) HRI Friday AM - follow up |
| Mrs J Graham | Special Interest Macmillan Nurse Consultant in Breast Care Lead Nurse for MDT | OP Services | HRI Wednesday AM - new patient clinic for Mrs W Hamiltion-Burke HRI Thursday - new patient and follow up for Oncology clinic with Dr Dent HRI Friday - new patient clinic for Miss Waterworth |
| Mr Nick Rhodes | Consultant Plastic Surgeon | HRI - Acre Mill | HRI Friday PM |
| Dr Christina Batz | Consultant Radiologist | ||
| Dr Simon Dennis | Consultant Radiologist | ||
| Dr Jonathan Joffe | Consultant Medical Oncologist | HRI | HRI/CRH Thursday |
| Dr Jo Dent | Consultant Medical Oncologist | HRI | HRI/CRH Thursday |
| Dr Mehmet Sen | Consultant Clinical Oncologist | HRI OP Friday | |
| Neil Roberts | Consultant Clinical Radiographer | HRI OP Friday AM | |
| Carolyn Smith | MDT Co-ordinator | ||
| Maureen Overton | Cancer Services Manager | ||
| Christopher Button | Lead Cancer Nurse | ||
| Jason Bushby | General Manager for Surgery & Specialist Services | ||
| Clare Barker | Secretary to all Breast Surgeons 01422 224042 |
Breast Care Nursing Team
| Name & Role | Telephone | |
|---|---|---|
Joyce Graham Macmillan Nurse Consultant in Breast Care
| joyce.graham@cht.nhs.uk | 01422 22722 / 01422 222711 |
Julie Bottomley Advanced Nurse Practitioner in Breast Care
| Julie.bottomley1@cht.nhs.uk | 01422 22723 / 01422 222711 |
Debbie Weavill Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist in Breast Care
| Debbie.weavill@cht.nhs.uk | 01484 355525 / 01422 222711 |
Susan Booker Macmillan Clinical Nurse Specialist in Breast Care
| susan.booker@cht.nhs.uk | 01484 355524 / 01422 222711 |
Carina Madden Breast Care Support Nurse
| carina.madden@cht.nhs.uk | 01422 222721 / 01422 222711 |
Diane Crodden Macmillan cancer Care Co-Ordinator
| diane.crodden@cht.nhs.uk | 01484 355524 / 01422 222711 |
Heidi Thornton Secretary to Breast care Nursing Team
| Heidi.thornton@cht.nhs.uk | 01422 222527 |
