Being able to visit the unit means the treatment is more convenient, speedy, and welcoming
Anthony is a retired gentleman in his late 70s living in Norfolk with his wife Betty. He was diagnosed with leukaemia about 20 years ago. His anxiety levels can sometimes be very high, which has made the service from the Hope for Tomorrow mobile cancer care unit even more invaluable.
He visits his local unit every month for treatment. The unit is a couple of miles down the road from Anthony’s house which has made the experience much less stressful. In the words of his wife,
Anthony gets seen quicker at the unit which means he is back home quicker.
The journey to the nearest hospital is “awkward” and can take between 25 minutes and one hour for a one-way trip depending on the levels of traffic. Then there is an added challenge of finding a parking space, currently there is tremendous pressure on parking spaces with a lot of construction work going on at the hospital. This means that if Anthony and Betty do have to visit the hospital, they are often forced to park some distance away and then walk the rest of the journey.
The pair classify the unit and the service it provides as both “absolutely brilliant” and “excellent”. Being able to visit the unit means the treatment is more convenient, speedy, and welcoming than if Anthony had to go to the hospital.
As there are only four or five other patients on the unit at the same time, Anthony has got to recognise their faces and names as many of them come at the same time each month for their treatments. Betty adds, that as the couple ran a shop in the local town for some years before retiring, many of the faces are familiar. This, according to them both, makes it so much “more reassuring” in terms of seeing the same people and feeling a sense of community and rapport.
They both add that the nurses are “fantastic” and as it is generally the same nurses on the unit when Anthony visits for this treatment, this again adds to the sense of being recognised as an individual rather than just another patient.
Betty, on behalf of Anthony, states that they “cannot say thank you enough” for the treatment and service they have received from the unit over the years. She supportively adds, “To travel around the villages, the unit is such a good service. For me that’s worth the Earth.” Concluding the conversation Betty says that the unit has made a “world of difference” not just for her husband, but also for other people they know locally.
Being able to visit the unit means the treatment is more convenient, speedy, and welcoming.
Anthony is a retired gentleman in his late 70s living in Norfolk with his wife Betty. He was diagnosed with leukaemia about 20 years ago. His anxiety levels can sometimes be very high, which has made the service from the Hope for Tomorrow mobile cancer care unit even more invaluable.
He visits his local unit every month for treatment. The unit is a couple of miles down the road from Anthony’s house which has made the experience much less stressful. In the words of his wife,
Anthony gets seen quicker at the unit which means he is back home quicker.
The journey to the nearest hospital is “awkward” and can take between 25 minutes and one hour for a one-way trip depending on the levels of traffic. Then there is an added challenge of finding a parking space, currently there is tremendous pressure on parking spaces with a lot of construction work going on at the hospital. This means that if Anthony and Betty do have to visit the hospital, they are often forced to park some distance away and then walk the rest of the journey.
The pair classify the unit and the service it provides as both “absolutely brilliant” and “excellent”. Being able to visit the unit means the treatment is more convenient, speedy, and welcoming than if Anthony had to go to the hospital.
As there are only four or five other patients on the bus at the same time, Anthony has got to recognise their faces and names as many of them come at the same time each month for their treatments. Betty adds, that as the couple ran a shop in the local town for some years before retiring, many of the faces are familiar. This, according to them both, makes it so much “more reassuring” in terms of seeing the same people and feeling a sense of community and rapport.
They both add that the nurses are “fantastic” and as it is generally the same nurses on the bus when Anthony visits for this treatment, this again adds to the sense of being recognised as an individual rather than just another patient.
Betty, on behalf of Anthony, states that they “cannot say thank you enough” for the treatment and service they have received from the unit over the years. She supportively adds, “To travel around the villages, the unit is such a good service. For me that’s worth the Earth.” Concluding the conversation Betty says that the unit has made a “world of difference” not just for her husband, but also for other people they know locally.
