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Working together on cancer support
Have a voice in how cancer services are improved
PATIENTS, staff, families and carers are working together on an initiative to help improve cancer services in Bedfordshire.
The Bedford Cancer Action Partnership has been set up by Bedford Hospital as part of its commitment to improving patient experience by encouraging patients and carers to get involved in shaping the future of their local health services.
Car clinic gets young carers mobile ON THE ROAD
Car clinic gets young carers mobile
By TERRY KELLY
ON THE ROAD … youth carers project co-ordinator Karen Ahmed, left, with Dawn Swales of Just Car Clinic, and staff and children of the Macmillan Cancer Support.
Published on Saturday 26 May 2012 14:00
HELP is getting into gear for three children on South Tyneside who are caring for their seriously ill father.
The children, aged nine, 11 and 14, from Jarrow, are supporting their dad, who is battling against a brain tumour.
But the youngsters often find visiting their father, who is in St Clare’s Hospice, Jarrow, difficult and stressful.
But help is available for the children and others, thanks to the South Tyneside Young Carers Project.
Rare cancer campaign launched for Nottinghamshire baby
A campaign has been launched to raise money for medical research after a Nottinghamshire baby boy was born with a rare form of cancer.
Austin Clift was born in September with Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis, which affects about one in 200,000 children.
Children’s teams have been playing a charity football tournament in West Bridgeford in aid of Histiocytosis Research Trust.
The trust said about 50 children each year were diagnosed in the UK.
‘Spread to liver’
Austin’s father, Andy Clift, from East Leake, said his son was born with a rash from head to toe which doctors thought was chicken pox.
The baby was later diagnosed as having the rare cancer which can cause damage to parts of the body including bone marrow, skin, lungs, liver and brain.
