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Princess Royal opens new outreach centre in Trowbridge
The Princess Royal has opened a new centre to support people with terminal illnesses in Wiltshire.
The new centre offers one-to-one and group rooms, a creative studio, treatment rooms and a cafeThe Dorothy House outreach facility in Trowbridge was launched in August and provides a drop-in service for carers and their families as well as patients.
It is the first of two centres planned this year, with another due to open in Somerset at the end of 2012.
Wayne De Leeuw, the centre manager, said it was hoped the centre would “provide more care to more people.”
Elderly cancer patients denied financial advice because nurses assume they are well-off
Elderly cancer patients are routinely denied information about the financial help they could receive because hospital staff believe pensioners do not need the support, a government report finds today.
7:00AM BST 17 Aug 2012
The over-75s are among the least satisfied groups of cancer patients with the standards of care and support from doctors and nurses, according to the Department of Health study.
Fewer than half of the age group reported being given information on their eligibility to benefits for the disabled and other types of financial assistance.
Aylsham women bare all for naked charity calendar
Fundraisers in Aylsham have swapped business suits for birthday suits to appear in a naked calendar for Breast Cancer Care and Diabetes UK.
Business women in Aylsham bare all for a charity calendar
The project is the brainchild of Sara Westwood, Sara’s sister Trudie Bradley, Helen Colebrooke and Sue Cubitt, who were inspired by the story of the Calendar Girls – the members of a Yorkshire Women’s Institute who famously stripped off in a calendar for charity.
The friends were further spurred on by Helen’s daughter Leah, 12, who suffers from type 1 diabetes and Trudie, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in August.
Sara said: “It is an idea I have had for a while but it never really got off the ground. We went to see the Calendar Girls at the Theatre Royal in Norwich and talked about it afterwards and said right lets do it. It made a big difference this time because of Trudie’s diagnosis and wanting to give something back. Breast Cancer Care is a charity that she made really good use of and was a really good support to her. Especially the forums on their website where she was able to women who were going through exactly the same thing at the same time.”
