For Immediate Release: 1st November 2012
Healthcare at Home and Nova Healthcare in partnership with Leeds Teaching
Hospitals NHS Trust offer cancer patients greater choice of care at home
From the 1st November, patients at Nova Healthcare within the St James's Institute of Oncology in
Leeds will be offered the choice of continuing their care pathway and receiving treatment at home.
Once diagnosed, patients will have a conversation with their consultant in the comfortable
surroundings of Nova Healthcare. Here they will schedule all investigations and review the results
before discussing with the patient their preferred location of treatment. The patient then has the
choice of receiving care at home or in the hospital.
Nova Healthcare has a full spectrum of radiotherapy and diagnostic facilities alongside a state of the
art chemotherapy suite, which will, as of November this year, be complimented by the expert
homecare provision of Healthcare at Home.
The alliance between Healthcare at Home and Nova Healthcare offers the highest level of local
support and personalised care from a multidisciplinary team of fully qualified oncologists, nurse
specialists and pharmacists. The clinical and administrative teams from both organisations will be
working together to deliver a unique, innovative service for privately insured or self-funding
patients.
Cancer treatment can be an uncomfortable and stressful ordeal for patients. Travelling to and from a
hospital as well as receiving treatment itself, often impacts the patient both physically and
emotionally. Studies have shown that home chemotherapy is as safe as hospital based care and that
patient satisfaction is high when chemotherapy and supportive medications are given at home.
Mark Almond, Executive Director of Nova Healthcare, welcomed the alliance with Healthcare at
Home “We are delighted to announce the alliance which we feel offers patients a genuine choice of
being treated in a hospital or at home. By sharing our documentation and records, the nursing teams
at Nova Healthcare and Healthcare at Home can, and will, provide the highest standard of care to
cancer patients”
In commenting on the alliance, Ruth Poole, Group Clinical Director for Healthcare at Home said
“Healthcare at Home specialises in delivering high quality healthcare in non clinical settings. Our
partnership with Nova Healthcare affords patients a choice in their treatment plan and provides
reassurance of a seamless journey between the hospital and their home. It is something Healthcare
at Home are proud to be a part of”
Notes for Editors
About Healthcare at Home Limited
Caring for over 150,000 NHS and private patients throughout the UK, our vision was, and remains
today, to enhance the way in which clinical and pharmaceutical services are provided for patients,
their families and carers. Healthcare at Home strives to improve clinical outcomes for patients by
allowing them to receive treatment in the comfort of their own home.
Healthcare at Home’s 550 strong team of highly skilled clinicians provide treatments and services to
patients 24/7, 365 days a year including end of life care, chemotherapy at home, enhanced
supported discharge as well as medication management and optimisation. We treat a broader range
of conditions than any other homecare provider.
We reduce the amount of time and money spent visiting the hospital by providing treatment in the
comfort of the home, workplace, or even at a holiday location.
For more information about Healthcare at Home please contact Nigel Williams on email:
Nigel.Williams@hah.co.uk
About Nova Healthcare
Nova Healthcare Ltd works in partnership with Leeds Teaching Hospital Trust (LTHT) to provide
access to the latest technologies for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. This includes Gamma
Knife® and a broad range of radiation therapy treatment options including Brachytherapy and SBRT.
In additional they offer diagnostic imaging modalities including Breast MRI, PET/CT, and Nuclear
Medicine.
Our specialist unit is based in one of the largest and most technically advanced cancer centres in
Europe - the St James's Institute of Oncology in Leeds.
For more information about Nova Healthcare please contact Mark Almond on 0113 206 7830 or
email: mark.almond@novahealthcare.co.uk