The Lung Care clinical nurse specialist team are based at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells hospitals. The team provides support for patients who have been referred to a chest physician via their GP or healthcare professional due to an abnormality on their scan or x-ray.
The team work closely with the chest/respiratory consultant physicians, Kent Oncology Centre, multi-disciplinary team co-ordinator and secretaries.
If you have any concerns or questions, please contact our Lung Care Team. Their working hours are Monday to Friday, 9am to 4pm (excluding bank holidays). Answerphone messages are picked up twice daily.
Meet the team
Maidstone Hospital – Telephone – 01622 225256
- Sandra Wakelin, Lung Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Fran Bevans, Lung Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Michelle Bird, Macmillan Cancer Support Worker
Tunbridge Wells Hospital – Telephone 01892 635358
- Louise Gilham, Lung Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Alison Smith, Lung Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Florina Hewitt, Lung Clinical Nurse Specialist
- Michelle Bird, Macmillan Cancer Support Worker
Contact numbers
Chest Physician/Respiratory Consultants
- Dr S Webster (Secretary) – Tun Wells Hosp 01892 635580 / 01892 635525
- Dr T Loke (Secretary) – Tun Wells Hosp 01892 635580 / 01892 635525
- Dr A Satgunarajah (Secretary) – Tun Wells Hosp 01892 635580 / 01892 635525
- Dr R Mankragod (Secretary) – Maidstone 01622 224299 / 01622 225589
- Dr S Husain (Secretary) – Maidstone 01622 224299 / 01622 225589
Oncologists
- Dr Shah – Secretary 01622 226049 (Chemo / Immunotherapy / Targeted)
- Dr Sevitt – Secretary 01622 225041 (Radiotherapy/SABRE/Chemo/Immuno/Targeted)
Surgeon
- Mrs Karen Harrison-Phipps – Guy’s Hospital 0207 1887943
Macmillan Lung Care Clinical Nurse Specialists
- Sandra Wakelin / Fran Bevans – Maidstone 01622 225256
- Louise Gilham / Alison Smith – Tunbridge Wells 01892 635358
- Florina Hewitt – Tunbridge Wells 01892 635358
Macmillan Cancer Support Worker
- Michelle Bird – Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells 01892 635358 / 01622 225256
Tests and investigations
- CT & CT Guided biopsy – Maidstone 01622 225688 – Tunbridge Wells 01892 634729
- Ultrasound CT/Biopsy – Maidstone 01622 224027 – Tunbridge Wells 01892 633406
- Lung Function Tests – Maidstone 01622 224521 – Tunbridge Wells 01892 634684
- Bone Scan – Maidstone 01622 225047 – Tunbridge Wells 01892 634733
- PET Scan (Alliance Medical) – Maidstone Hosp 081622 228235
- Bronchoscopy / EBUS – Maidstone & Tun Wells 01892 638210
Community Palliative Care team
- Heart of Kent Hospice (Maidstone)
- Hospice in the Weald (Pembury)
- St Catherine’s Hospice (West Sussex)
- Wisdom Hospice (Medway)
- St Peter and St James Hospice (Uckfield)
Charities, helplines and support
Government benefits
- Attendance Allowance (over 65 years old)
- Personal Independence Payment (under 65 years)
- Disabled Parking Blue Badge