NCCS-SCS Rehabilitation Centre

The National Cancer Centre Singapore-Singapore Cancer Society (NCCS-SCS) Rehabilitation Centre provides multidisciplinary tertiary level rehabilitation services to patients with cancer who experience physical, functional, cognitive or nutritional impairments. The centre supports cancer survivors who require rehabilitation before, during or after their cancer treatment.

Patients who are undergoing or have recently completed cancer treatment often experience various symptoms and treatment-related side effects (e.g. abnormal blood counts and bone pain), which require supervised rehabilitation. The team at NCCS-SCS Rehabilitation Centre will do a comprehensive assessment and come up with a holistic rehabilitation care plan for each patient that aims to improve each patient’s quality of life throughout the stages of their cancer journey.

Located on Level 16 of the NCCS building, the rehab centre is staffed by a team of healthcare professionals who are experienced and equipped to provide tertiary level care for patients across all four phases of cancer rehabilitation - preventative, restorative, supportive and palliative.

The multidisciplinary team comprises of:

• Rehabilitation Medicine Physicians – who will do a comprehensive clinical assessment and interface with the oncologists and allied health care team to plan a safe and efficient rehabilitation care plan for the patient, taking into account any symptoms or treatment-related side effects the patient may be experiencing. 
  
  
• Physiotherapists – who will optimise the patient’s mobility, function and independence through individualised exercise programmes. 
  
  
• Occupational therapists – who will identify activities of daily living such as self-care, leisure and work which are disrupted because of the cancer/illness and devise a holistic and individual intervention plan to help patients reach a desired level of functioning for daily living. 
  
  
• Speech therapists – who will address any issues in swallowing, speech and communication. 
  
  
• Dietitians – who will assess the patient’s nutritional status and requirements and provide personalised nutritional advice. 
  
  
• Acupuncturists – who will provide individualised care guided by Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) principles to help patients manage cancer-related symptoms such as pain, insomnia, fatigue, nausea, and anxiety, as part of an integrated approach to supportive care.

After patients complete the care they need at the rehab centre, they will be seamlessly transited to community rehabilitation providers to ensure they remain well supported in the community.

How to make an appointment

The NCCS-SCS Rehabilitation Centre is located on Level 16 of National Cancer Centre Singapore and is opened from Monday – Friday (8.00am – 5.00pm).

For patients receiving cancer care from NCCS, your treating doctor will be able to refer you to the rehabilitation centre to receive the interventions required.

For patients receiving cancer care from other public healthcare institutes or private oncology clinics, please call 6436 8088 to request for an appointment to see the rehabilitation medicine doctor in NCCS-SCS Rehabilitation Centre. Patients will be assessed by the rehabilitation medicine doctor before being referred to the relevant allied health professionals.