Refer a patient

Specialist Lymphoedema & Cancer Rehabilitation Physiotherapy

Supporting patients living with and beyond cancer, and those with lymphoedema and lipoedema.

Why refer?

  • Prompt assessment and early intervention

  • Support while awaiting NHS services

  • Specialist-led, evidence-based care

  • Registered with Patient Choice for compression garments

Who to refer?

  • Suspected or diagnosed lymphoedema

  • Lipoedema

  • Cancer-related fatigue or deconditioning

  • Prehabilitation prior to surgery or treatment

  • Post-treatment recovery (including scar management)

  • Patients awaiting NHS lymphoedema services

What I offer:

  • Specialist assessment and personalised management

  • Manual lymphatic drainage and self-management education

  • Compression garment assessment and fitting: Registered with Patient Choice, enabling efficient and timely ordering of compression garments.

  • Complete decongestive therapy- bandaging

  • Specialist exercise medicine programmes designed to optimise physical function, reduce treatment-related side effects and support recovery across the cancer pathway.

  • Personalised prehabilitation programmes for all surgical patients, designed to optimise outcomes and support those needing to improve fitness for surgery.

How to refer:

Email: jd@mjdmedical.com

Patients can self-refer directly using the contact form

No referral form required — a brief clinical summary is sufficient.

Education for healthcare teams

  • Early recognition and management of lymphoedema

  • The Role of exercise in cancer care

  • Self-management of cancer-related side-effects