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Family Care Starter Pack
Simple pages for medication, appointments, handovers and the practical load of serious illness.
Get the free pack: Family Care Starter PackJust Diagnosed: What Happens Next?
You do not need to organise everything today.
Get the free pack: Just Diagnosed: What Happens Next?How Do I Tell the Children?
Talking to children and young people about serious illness in the family.
Get the free pack: How Do I Tell the Children?Appointments & Next Steps Pack
Arrive with the key facts and leave with clear next steps.
Get the free pack: Appointments & Next Steps PackGetting a Second Medical Opinion: A Practical Guide for Patients and Families
How to ask for another doctor's view, what to weigh up, and how to keep track.
Get the free pack: Getting a Second Medical Opinion: A Practical Guide for Patients and FamiliesHospital & Emergency Handover Pack
The information you need when there is no time to think.
Get the free pack: Hospital & Emergency Handover PackMedicines & Supplies Organiser
One accurate place for every medicine and supplement, and what changed.
Get the free pack: Medicines & Supplies OrganiserStarting a New Medicine: The Keep It Together Care New Medicine Checklist
Gather the full picture before a new medicine starts, and keep it up to date afterwards.
Get the free pack: Starting a New Medicine: The Keep It Together Care New Medicine ChecklistBowels During Treatment
Constipation, diarrhoea and laxatives: what to record, and when to call the team.
Get the free pack: Bowels During TreatmentDense Breast Appointment Pack
Prepare for a clearer conversation about dense breast tissue with your GP or specialist.
Get the free pack: Dense Breast Appointment PackBreast Cancer in Men: Diagnosis & First Appointments Pack
This pack is written for men. It keeps your tests, results, contacts and questions in one place.
Get the free pack: Breast Cancer in Men: Diagnosis & First Appointments PackProstate Cancer: Diagnosis & First Appointments Pack
Record the numbers. Let the team explain them.
Get the free pack: Prostate Cancer: Diagnosis & First Appointments PackStarting Chemotherapy Pack
Practical preparation for treatment days and the days between cycles.
Get the free pack: Starting Chemotherapy PackStarting Radiotherapy Pack
Practical preparation for radiotherapy appointments and treatment days.
Get the free pack: Starting Radiotherapy PackEating, Taste & Appetite Pack
Practical help for the days when eating is hard.
Get the free pack: Eating, Taste & Appetite PackTravel Checklist
The essential checks before travelling with illness, medication, mobility equipment or additional assistance.
Get the free pack: Travel ChecklistFirst 30 Days After a Death (England & Wales)
Practical steps for the first 30 days after a death in England & Wales.
Get the free pack: First 30 Days After a Death (England & Wales)
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Why Keep It Together Care Exists
Diagnosis was only the beginning. Dino’s story of caring for Ann, and why these resources exist.