Patient support group

Welcome to QEHB Heart and Lung Transplant Support Group!

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.
To speak honestly and encourage positive thinking, by learning from each other's knowledge and experience.
To acknowledge the good and bad, be open, patient, understanding and above all else, kind.

Lungs; Andy, Mike, Paul

Hearts; Darren, Jan, Sarah, Alan

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

All meetings will be held on Saturday afternoons.

Meetings will include group discussion and break out rooms for heart/lung, pre/post.

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

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.

We will be in touch to discuss this in more detail.

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

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: 21 March 2025

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