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Patient support group

Welcome to QEHB Heart and Lung Transplant Support Group!

Mission and Vision Statement

  1. To create a non-judgemental, fair and respectful group to support the mental health and well-being of our patients, pre-and-post heart and lung transplant.
  2. To speak honestly and encourage positive thinking, by learning from each other's knowledge and experience.
  3. To acknowledge the good and bad, be open, patient, understanding and above all else, kind.

Transplant Ambassadors

Lungs; Andy, Mike, Paul

Hearts; Darren, Jan, Sarah, Alan 

Future Meetings

Meetings will be held monthly via Microsoft teams, with face-to-face meetings taking place every four months.

All face-to-face meetings will be held on Saturday afternoons. All virtual meetings will be held on a weekday evening.

  • Thursday 19 June 2025, 17:00 - 19:00 - MS Teams
  • Wednesday 23 July 2025 - MS Teams
  • Monday 18 August 2025 - MS Teams
  • Saturday 27 September 2025 - face-to-face
  • Thursday 16 October 2025 - MS Teams
  • Tuesday 18 November 2025 - MS Teams
  • Thursday 11 December 2025 - MS Teams
  • Saturday 17 January 2026 - face-to-face

You will receive text notifications with an invite to each group session. 

Opportunities for you to be involved

As this is a start-up group, there will be lots of opportunities for you to get involved. The areas we need your help are:

  • face-to-face support for patients in hospital on the urgent transplant waiting list 
  • face-to-face support for patients in hospital, recovering post transplant
  • over the phone support for patient waiting for transplant
  • over the phone support for patients struggling, post transplant 
  • over the phone support for care givers and loved ones of patients 

If you are interested in offering any of the above types of support please let us know.

Please note: this email address is NOT for medical queries or prescriptions. Please contact the transplant office for general enquiries. 

Charities Support

UHB charities are committed in supporting our vision and aim to help patients through their transplant journey.

If you wish to donate to UHB charities, you can do so via a one-off payment, or by setting up a monthly direct debit.

To ensure your donation goes directly to the transplant team, please write ‘Heart/Lung Transplant’ in the ‘donate to’ box. 

Last reviewed: 23 May 2025