by Kate Robinson | Jul 18, 2024 | East Suffolk & North Essex, Patient Stories
The unit is in a lovely big car park at Tesco so there is never any problem finding a space, it just doesn’t get any easier than that. Michaell Joslin received his NHS bowel screening kit in the post just as the world was going into lockdown in 2020. “I thought it was...
by Kate Robinson | Jul 18, 2024 | Kent, Patient Stories
The unit is so much more efficient. You feel more of a person than a number. 52-year-old dance teacher Angela was first diagnosed with breast cancer in 2018. She underwent a mastectomy followed by chemo and radiotherapy, before follow-up scans showed she was cancer...
by Kate Robinson | Jul 18, 2024 | Patient Stories, West Yorkshire
The support on the unit kept me going really, because without it, I would have struggled. “I call it the caravan – it gives the impression of one when you’re in it. Looking up at the blue sky, it’s quite pleasant. I’ve always called it that...
by Kate Robinson | Jul 3, 2024 | MCCU Staff Stories
I love my job and it’s hugely satisfying working on the unit There was never any doubt about the career Katie Wicks was going to choose while growing up as she knew with absolute certainty, from a young age, that she would become a nurse. But it was a stint as a...
by Kate Robinson | Jun 14, 2024 | Charity News
A father and son duo recently took on the monumental Three Peaks Challenge, scaling new heights to raise funds for Hope for Tomorrow. The challengers are the husband and son (Mark and Archie) of Julie McNally, senior sister at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation...
