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  • Blog Post: Your chance to have your say in the new NHS landscape

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    Posted 7 days ago
    The recent reforms to the NHS in England are some of the biggest in history. You could hardly have missed the debate, but working out what it means for people using health services can be a little more difficult. That’s more than can be covered in one blog – but one of the biggest changes...

  • Blog Post: Patient experience – what does it mean to you?

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    Posted 14 days ago
    Following the shocking failings at Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust , the Government has promised to put ‘the experience of patients at the centre of what the NHS does and the way in which its success is judged.’ But what does this really mean? And what do you think is a good patient experience...

  • Blog Post: The journey starts here

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    Posted 21 days ago
    My 16 week journey using Aldara cream for the treatment of VIN3 starts here. It is 3 days since I got my diagnosis, and tonight will be my 2nd application of the cream.

  • Blog Post: Cancer’s hidden price tag

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    Posted 29 days ago
    Cancer is one of the most challenging fights a person can face. What people don’t often realise is that at this difficult time cancer patients can also struggle financially. Macmillan's campaigns team tells us more. We’d like to tell you about Mario. Mario was running an...

  • Blog Post: Nearly 6 weeks

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    Posted 1 month ago
    So it's been nearly 6 weeks since you've been gone grandma:( I've never ever felt so alone I feel empty my inspiration and idol was took so suddenly! Life's so short and I've seen how fast someone can be took away from me, from being told you had months to live to you being gone...

  • Blog Post: Last chemo done and dusted! 4th April 2013

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    My sixth and last FEC chemo was on the 22nd April. The side effects hit me harder again this time, but here I am nearly two weeks on and I'm slowly recovering and I am feeling better each day. The sun is shining and that always makes you feel better! The hypnotherapy sessions to tackle my needle...

  • Blog Post: New health changes from 1st April 2013

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    This week sees the new NHS come into force, and represents the biggest shake up of the NHS in its 60 year history. NHS England will now be responsible for running the system, and Macmillan Cancer Support will be asking them to agree to Continue the Cancer Patient Experience Survey every year...

  • Blog Post: 4th March 2013

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    Posted 2 months ago
    Phew, the weeks are still whizzing by! I had chemo number 5 last Friday and thankfully the cannular went in first time, so no tears or shaking from me for a change. I told my youngest daughter, that my appointment was an hour later than it was as I didn't want her to witness the distress I get...

  • Blog Post: Cancer patients could suffer from benefit changes

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    Posted 2 months ago
    While the Welfare Reform Act may have been passed last year, Macmillan’s campaign to ‘put the fair into welfare’ continues. As reported in The Guardian , the Welfare Benefits Up-Rating Bill could penalise cancer patients by stopping benefits rising with inflation. If the...

  • Blog Post: 16 February 2013

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    I can't believe how fast time is passing! Chemo number 4 came and went on Friday 8th Feb. My veins are not playing ball as they are painful after previous chemo's, so after two attempts a doctor was called and the canular had to go in on the inside of my arm. I'm still trying to find a local...
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