by Kate Robinson | Apr 15, 2024 | Gloucestershire, Patient Stories
Apart from saving on travel costs, it is far more serene and much calmer than on the wards Almost three years ago, Janet went to her GP complaining of bleeding mouth ulcers. She was referred for a scan which revealed the worst possible news that it was terminal lung...
by Kate Robinson | Apr 15, 2024 | East Suffolk & North Essex, Patient Stories
It means I can spend more time with my children Thirty-six-year-old Anna went to the doctor in her native Ukraine during the summer of 2021 after experiencing a hardness in one of her breasts. She was given a course of antibiotics, but when she returned to her GP with...
by Kate Robinson | Apr 12, 2024 | MCCU Staff Stories
I am there to make the lives of the patients and staff easier When Bryan Baird was a young man undergoing chemotherapy at Canterbury Hospital in Kent, he couldn’t have imagined he would be back there again 30 years later working as a driver for Hope for Tomorrow’s...
by Kate Robinson | Apr 5, 2024 | MCCU Staff Stories
The unit makes the world of difference. Mike Darby often saw the mobile cancer care unit whenever he was driving past Gloucestershire Royal Hospital. As the husband of an oncology nurse, he knew only too well how the unit could be a great asset to the hospitals in the...
by Kate Robinson | Apr 4, 2024 | Charity News
Growth strategy 2024 – 2029 We’re excited to share our new five-year strategy that lays out an ambitious vision for the future of Hope for Tomorrow’s vital mobile cancer care service. This growth strategy will guide our work from 2024-2029 as we...