Keep It Together Care

How to use this guide

Starting Radiotherapy Pack

This pack helps with the practical side of radiotherapy: your plan and contacts, treatment dates and travel, what to take on treatment days, notes between appointments and questions for your team. It doesn't replace your team's instructions.

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On a phone, tablet or computer

Fill it in by typing

  1. Download the PDF from your email or from the download page.
  2. Open it in a PDF app that supports forms, such as Adobe Acrobat Reader (free on computers, phones and tablets).
  3. Tap a box and type. Tick boxes tick with one tap.
  4. Save the file. Your answers stay in your copy; nothing is sent to Keep It Together Care.

On paper

Print it and write by hand

  1. Print it on A4. The rows and boxes are sized for handwriting.
  2. Copy names, dates and numbers exactly as they appear on letters, labels and reports.
  3. Keep it somewhere easy to reach, and take the pages you need to appointments.

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Common questions

Where do I start?
With "Your radiotherapy plan" and "Important contacts". Copy what your team gave you exactly.
How do I plan treatment days?
"Treatment dates and travel" has a row for each session: date, time and who is taking you. Share it with whoever is helping.
What if something changes between appointments?
Write it down on "Changes: record, then use the team's rules" and contact your team as they told you to. In a life-threatening emergency, call 999.
I typed into it, but my answers had gone when I opened it again. Why?
Some previews, such as a browser tab or an email preview, can't save answers in a form. Download the PDF first, open it in a PDF app that supports forms, such as Adobe Acrobat Reader, then save.
Is anything I write sent anywhere?
No. The PDF doesn't send your answers to Keep It Together Care or to anyone else. They stay in the file on your device, or on your paper copy.

What’s inside

  • Your radiotherapy plan
  • Important contacts
  • What to expect, in general: from the NHS
  • Treatment dates and travel: a log for up to 30 sessions
  • What to take on treatment days
  • Notes between appointments
  • Changes: record, then use the team's rules
  • Questions for your team: before, during and towards the end
  • After your last session
  • Practical life: share the load
  • Sources and support lines

Practical organisation, not medical advice. Your own care team’s advice always comes first. See all free help