Specialty Nursing Services

Specialty nurses from Breast Nursing Services provide comprehensive and compassionate care to patients with breast cancer. This includes pre‑operative counselling, post‑operative wound and drain management, and seroma aspiration. Our nurses provide support and guidance throughout the cancer journey, and also organise educational events and community outreach programmes for breast cancer survivors and the public.

Through the YoWo (Young Women with Breast Cancer) Programme, our nurses offer dedicated guidance and support to young women aged 40 and below. Patients are supported throughout their entire cancer journey—from diagnosis through treatment and recovery—with personalised care to fit their unique medical and psychosocial needs.

Geriatric oncology nurses play a key role in supporting elderly patients with cancer through comprehensive follow‑up care and care coordination. Identified patients are assessed using validated tools, and personalised care plans are developed in collaboration with the multidisciplinary team.

Our nurses provide ongoing monitoring and support, including:

• guidance on medication adherence,
• appointment reminders, and
• assistance with managing chronic health conditions.

They are a vital link to community services, making appropriate referrals to physical therapy, occupational therapy, dietitian services, community nursing, and resources from the Agency for Integrated Care (AIC). This holistic approach ensures that elderly and frail patients receive coordinated, personalised care that addresses their medical, functional, and social needs throughout their cancer journey.

At the Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) service at NCCS, our nurses work closely with multidisciplinary teams to safeguard the health and safety of patients, staff, and visitors.

Their key duties include:

• leading infection surveillance initiatives,
• monitoring infection prevention and control practices, and
• providing clinical education and guidance to healthcare professionals across disciplines.

These efforts are vital in ensuring that care delivered at NCCS consistently upholds the highest standards of patient, environmental, and workplace health and safety.

Working closely with oncologists, lung specialty nurses provide comprehensive nursing assessments, symptom management, patient education, and phone triage services. They also support patients and caregivers during the transition from inpatient to outpatient care through post‑discharge follow‑up calls to assess interim care needs. 

Lymphoma Nursing Services offer comprehensive patient support and symptom management through teleconsultations. Specialty nurses also run a Mid‑Cycle Check Clinic for patients undergoing chemotherapy, where blood test results are reviewed midway through each treatment cycle. This clinic allows timely assessment of symptoms and treatment tolerance, supporting patient safety, well‑being, and optimal treatment outcomes.

The NCCS Nurse‑Led Wound Care Service provides timely, specialised wound management for oncology patients across the care continuum. The service focuses on patients with post‑operative wound complications and complex cancer‑related wounds.

Our nurses provide:

• Comprehensive wound assessment and individualised management plan
• Support for post‑operative wound complications and cancer‑related wounds
• Education for patients and caregivers on wound care at home

SPRinT nurses work closely with surgeons to provide dedicated care for patients with peritoneal carcinomatosis, soft tissue sarcoma, melanoma, and rare tumours. They offer holistic and continuous support from cancer diagnosis through recovery.

Our nurses provide:

• Pre‑operative counselling and preparation
• Post‑operative surgical wound management
• Initiation and monitoring of negative pressure wound therapy
• Ongoing patient and caregiver education and support throughout the care journey

Our nurses in the Division of Supportive and Palliative Care (DSPC) provide holistic, patient‑ and family‑centred care to people with serious illnesses and their caregivers. As integral members of a multidisciplinary team—including doctors, psychologists, social workers and allied health professionals—our nurses are committed to delivering the highest standards of clinical care and compassionate support.

They provide inpatient consultations at Singapore General Hospital (SGH) and specialist outpatient care at the National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS), and work closely with community partners to ensure smooth, coordinated transitions across care settings.

With a strong focus on symptom management, our nurses address pain and other distressing symptoms such as breathlessness, loss of appetite and nausea. They also offer comprehensive emotional, psychological, spiritual and practical support, and are closely involved in care planning, discharge coordination, end‑of‑life care and bereavement support. Guided by each patient’s values, goals and preferences, our nurses deliver personalised care to patients and their caregivers.

Learn more about Supportive and Palliative Care.