St Margarets Hospice

Ali Batchelor, Casley Smith MLD Practitioner and Lymphoedema Nurse Specialist, BLS member

Heron Drive
Bishops Hull
TA1 5HA
Telephone 0845 070 8910

The specialist Lymphoedema Clinic at St Margaret's Hospice in Taunton is run by Ali Batchelor, Lead Lymphoedema Nurse Specialist and Lymphoedema Keyworker Lynn Murphy, for in-patients and out-patients with chronic oedema regardless of cause.  They provide patient assessment, management and treatment including:-

• Intensive courses of therapy
• Manual lymphatic drainage massage
• DEEP OSCILLATION® where appropriate
• Lymph Assist, intermittent compression pump
• Skin Care
• Exercise
• Multi Layer Bandaging
• Maintenance therapy
• Compression Garments

Referrals

Accepted from all health care professionals and are restricted to the St Margaret's Somerset Hospice catchment area.

Treatment Availability:

Inpatient, day/outpatient

Advice line and referral centre on: 0845 070 8910

• Clinic Open: 5 days a week
• Approximate waiting for first appointment: 6 weeks

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