Close to you in a practical way
Our range of wellbeing provisions and packs is freely available to any ANCHOR patient.
To make a request for an item listed on this page, please speak to our wellbeing team using the contact details below, or one of our Friends of ANCHOR ward assistants within the ANCHOR Unit (look out for the green polo shirts). We can post your provisions to you too - simply email us with your name, address, the items you would like and the name of your Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS).
Patient packs
Inpatient care packs filled with items to help make the stay in hospital as comfortable as possible, including
- luxury eye mask
- relaxing sleep spray
- calming herbal teas
- convenient handheld fan
- the welcome distraction of an activity book
Clinic C care packs filled with items that have been hand-selected by the women’s services team to encourage you to take good care of yourselves post-breast surgery. The pack includes;
- soothing lip balm
- natural deodorant
- hydrating face and foot masks
- mindful colouring book and pencils
Chemo care packs filled with items to help ease the side effects of treamtment. Includes;
- personal tissue pack
- gentle moisturiser
- anti-sickness aids
- comfortable buff
- digital thermometer
- mindful colouring book and pencils
Anti Sickness Aids
- Gin Gins (an all-natural ginger sweet)
- sea bands
Hair and Scalp Care
- Soothing conditioner to nourish a dry scalp
- Wig Care Packs to keep your wig or hair piece looking and feeling its best.
- One free head covering gifted to those facing hair loss
Paxman scalp care packs
Available if you have opted for scalp cooling to help retain your hair during chemotherapy.
The pack contains:
- A blanket
- Tangle Teezer/comb
- Soft fabric headband
- Conditioner
- Handy tote bag to carry your care pack to and from treatment
Medical aids
Home comforts
There are portable DVD players and a vast selection of DVDs available for your viewing pleasure during your stay.
The full list of films and box sets available is shown below.
| 2 Fast 2 Furious |
| A Prophet |
| Abduction |
| After Earth |
| Armageddon |
| Avengers Endgame |
| Babel |
| Batman |
| Battle: Los Angeles |
| Black Hawk Down |
| Blade 2 |
| Body of Lies |
| Brokeback Mountain |
| Charlie's Angels |
| Collateral Damage |
| Commando |
| Conan the Barbarian |
| CopOut |
| Demolition Man |
| Den of Thieves |
| Dogma |
| Easy Money |
| Elektra |
| End of Days |
| Exit Wounds |
| Fight Club |
| Focus |
| Gangs of New York |
| Gangs of New York - Disc 1 |
| Gangs of New York - Disc 2 |
| Godzilla King of the Monsters |
| Hancock |
| Harry Brown |
| Inception |
| Inception 2 |
| Kelly's Heros |
| Knight and Day |
| Man on Fire |
| Matrix Reloaded |
| Michael Caine Collection |
| Minority Report |
| Oblivion |
| Once Upon A Time In The West |
| Patriots Day |
| Phonebooth |
| Pirates of the Caribbean - Curse of the Black Pearl |
| Pirates of the Caribbean - Dead Mans Chest |
| Predator |
| Punisher |
| Rampage |
| Rise of the Planet of the Apes |
| Saints & Soldiers |
| San Andreas |
| Shark in Venice |
| Shooter |
| Skyfall |
| Sleepers |
| Street Kings |
| The 51st State |
| The Dark Knight 2 |
| The Fast and Furious 5 |
| The Fast and The Furious |
| The Fast and The Furious - Tokyo Drift |
| The Fugitive |
| The Guardian |
| The Kingdom |
| The Last Samurai |
| The Last Witness |
| The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen |
| The Meg |
| The Mummy |
| The Sum of All Fears |
| The Talking of Pelham 123 |
| The Untouchables |
| Thin Red Line |
| Thunderball |
| Tomb Raider |
| Tomb Raider - The Cradle of Life |
| Traffic |
| Troy |
| Way of the Gun |
| X-Men 1.5 |
| X-Men 2 |
| X-Men Days of Future Past |
| XXX |
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