NHS Beacon Buddy

Beacon Buddy is an app for patients receiving radiotherapy at the Beacon Centre.

Beacon Buddy had been designed as a companion app by Therapy Radiographers with patient input to support you through your radiotherapy treatment at Musgrove Park Hospital, Taunton, UK.

Key features include:

Personalised code to be given to you by our team to access app

Photos and written information of your treatment pathway

Step by step videos of a radiotherapy treatment

Treatment countdown

Side effect advice specific to your treatment area

Contact list of services you may need in one place

General information including maps and parking

A notes section for you to keep a record of advice or questions in one place