NHS Lanarkshire has launched a new initiative to support people following treatment for lung cancer.

It’s part of the ground-breaking Transforming Care After Treatment (TCAT) programme, a series of pilot projects across Scotland within the NHS and councils, funded by Macmillan Cancer Support.

The projects are testing better ways to give people who’ve had a diagnosis of cancer and their loved ones the support they need.

Heather Quail, Macmillan TCAT project manager for NHS Lanarkshire, said: “Our new TCAT programme will run until August 2017 and is specifically focused on patients in South Lanarkshire who have had a diagnosis of lung cancer.

“The number of people surviving cancer is increasing and that’s good news, however too many patients tell us they feel they’re left to cope alone after treatment ends.

“This means people don’t get the support they need, particularly when it comes to dealing with the emotional, practical and financial problems cancer can often leave behind.

“Our TCAT pilot will offer patients living in South Lanarkshire who have received treatment for lung cancer a monthly online assessment over six months to look at the overall impact their treatment has had on their quality of life and the physical, psychological and mental effects on them and their family.

“The result of the assessment will be looked at by Pamela Rose, our lung cancer nurse specialist.

“Patients will be given information to help manage their concerns or be put in touch with the right services to help.”