Specialist Complementary Therapy Service

Our Specialist Complementary Therapy Service offers: Guided Relaxation, Aromatherapy, massage, Auricular Acupuncture and HEARTS process for patients with a diagnosis of cancer and those with palliative care needs.

These therapies aim to ease the burden of their condition through providing relaxation and symptom support. The therapies offered can be used safely alongside conventional medicine and are not offered as an alternative treatment. Patient feedback suggests therapies help to ease symptoms of stress, anxiety, pain, nausea, and hormonal symptoms.

Support can be offered at point of diagnosis, during treatment or the palliative stage dependent on individual need and holistic assessment.

Walsall Palliative Care Centre
Goscote Lane
Walsall
WS3 1SJ.

Patients with a diagnosis of cancer, or those that have palliative care needs and feel they may benefit from Complementary Therapies, can speak to their key worker or any health professional involved in their care for a referral form to be completed.

The service offers outpatient appointments at Walsall Palliative Care Centre as well as providing a service to Goscote Hospice Inpatient Unit.

Office hours are 8.30am–4.30pm Monday to Friday (except bank holidays).

An answer machine is available for you to leave a message, and this will be in use from 2.15pm onwards Monday to Friday.

Telephone: 01922 602590.

Complementary therapy relaxation technique audio link.

Download: Learn to Relax (just voice) 1
Download: Learn to Relax (just voice) 2

Right-click to save as and download. The audio files are copyright of Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust and must not be transferred or copied without the express permission of the Specialist involved in your care.