The Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at Newcastle-upon-Tyne General Hospital
treats babies and children with immune-deficient conditions, by bone marrow
transplantation.
The Unit offers a very effective holistic approach to the family and
patient. The Liaison Team provides as much information as possible to
prepare families for the experience they are about to face. On arrival,
close relationships are formed with medical and nursing staff and continue for
the duration of the patient stay.
Nursery nurses play an important role to encourage child development within
the constraints; a social worker provides practical and emotional support to
families for a range of social and financial issues, and the Liaison Team is
involved again following discharge, when families need to learn how to cope
without the Ward and gain confidence in after-care, including drug
administration and ongoing medical contact.
