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The first time the voluntary sector has responsibility for an area’s entire palliative services

July 26, 2011   Cancer, Carers

Palliative care outsourced to voluntary sector at two trusts

The wholesale transfer of end-of-life care to charities at two health trusts puts them at the vanguard of the government’s NHS reform plans

     

People attending the Sue Ryder daycare units get nursing care, physiotherapy and dietary advice.
Richard Pither has heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He has had seven heart attacks and three strokes, which has left him unable to walk more than five to 10 yards. He has an intensive daily medication regime, must sleep upright and is unable to speak for long periods without his oxygen mask. For the last three months, Pither, 60, has been attending a day therapy unit for patients with life- limiting illnesses at the Duchess of Kent hospice on the outskirts of Reading.
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Ashover Car and Bike Show

July 25, 2011   Cancer, Carers, charities, young carers

Ashover Car and Bike Show raising money for local charities

 
Ashover classic car show

Published on Monday 25 July 2011 16:23
Local charities are set to benefit after hundreds of classic cars and bikes turned up at the picturesque Ashover Show Ground, near Chesterfield, on Sunday for a new all-day rally.
Organised jointly by the Rotary Clubs of Chesterfield, Chesterfield Scarsdale, Clay Cross and Matlock the local charities to benefit will be McMillan Nurses, Derbyshire Young Carers, Pathways of Chesterfield for homeless people, Kidney Research and other Rotary charities.

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Norfolk and Waveney charity Big C announce grants

July 21, 2011   Cancer, Carers

A much needed boast for Cancer sufferers in Norfolk

By RICHARD WOOD Thursday, July 21, 2011
3.51 PM

Norfolk and Waveney cancer charity the Big C has announced the projects that are to benefit from £339,000 of funding.

 

The regional charity that looks to fund equipment, research, care and support into cancer has announced that schemes at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital and University of East Anglia are to benefit.

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