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Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital will open £4.5m cancer centre later in the year

New cancer treatment centre on course at N&N

Adam Gretton, Health correspondent Tuesday, March 26, 2013
12:00 PM

A multi-million pound cancer treatment building is on course for completion by the end of the year at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital.

 

The new radiotherapy cancer treatment building under construction at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. PHOTO BY SIMON FINLAYThe new radiotherapy cancer treatment building under construction at the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital. PHOTO BY SIMON FINLAY

Officials at the NHS trust say that the new radiotherapy cancer treatment unit is set to increase capacity by a third when it is fully up and running.

Plans for how the final £4.5m centre will look went on display at the hospital yesterday and will be on show in the east atrium for the rest of the week.

The work by R G Carter has hit the halfway mark and the construction project is on course for completion in October. However, hospital officials are not sure when the centre will be fully operational, which will depend on the installation and testing of a linear accelerator, which will be used to carry out radiation therapy on patients.

Voluntary scheme offers free time for leisure and training activities

WEST NORFOLK: Time Credits scheme marks first birthday

Helen Gooding holds a giant Time Credit voucher with , Front LtoR - Tracey Spearing (youth worker), Alexandra Lee (KL Community Allotment), Alice Henderson (Bridge for Heroes), Elaine Pottle (Learning Catalyst Whitefriars Primary School), Sharon Marsden (Bridge for Heroes), Jenny Rouse (Project Officer) and Liz Falconbridge (King's Lynn Arts Centre). Back LtoR - Luke Foster (St Edmunds Primary) and Chris Borrmann (Purfleet Trust).Helen Gooding holds a giant Time Credit voucher with , Front LtoR – Tracey Spearing (youth worker), Alexandra Lee (KL Community Allotment), Alice Henderson (Bridge for Heroes), Elaine Pottle (Learning Catalyst Whitefriars Primary School), Sharon Marsden (Bridge for Heroes), Jenny Rouse (Project Officer) and Liz Falconbridge (King’s Lynn Arts Centre). Back LtoR – Luke Foster (St Edmunds Primary) and Chris Borrmann (Purfleet Trust).

A scheme which offers West Norfolk residents free time for leisure and training activities in return for voluntary work has celebrated its first anniversary this week.

According to organisers, more than 600 people have taken part in the West Norfolk Time Credits programme in its first year – giving around 9,000 hours of their time to community projects in the process.

A special kitchen for adults and children with learning difficulties

Charity kitchen to boost work skills is opened

North Norfolk M.P Norman Lamb at the official opening of the new kitchens at About With Friends' Cromer base. Dean Steele - Smith with his support worker Vanessa Barber.Photo: Steve Adams  Dean Steele – Smith with his support worker Vanessa Barber.Photo: Steve Adams

By sophie wyllie
Tuesday, March 12, 2013
12:00 PM

Children and adults with learning disabilities will be able to learn work skills after a storeroom was transformed into a kitchen.

The new space for the About With Friends charity, based on Holt Road, Cromer, was officially opened by North Norfolk MP Norman Lamb.

About With Friends was started 11 years ago by Helen Dalton-Hare and it allows children and adults with learning disabilities from across Norfolk to develop skills including cooking, gardening, horse riding, communication and computer technology.

A smaller kitchen, especially for young people, was opened by Dean Steele-Smith, 17, from Suffield Park in Cromer.

Dean has Down’s Syndrome and traits of autism and cannot speak because of his condition.

His mother Julie Steele-Smith, 49, said: “The new kitchen is fabulous. Cooking has given Dean a purpose. He loves it here.