Sally Dyson with volunteers pictured before the pandemic.
- Credit: Maurice Gray
An appeal has been launched to bolster a hospital s volunteer team.
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital had nearly 600 volunteers.
The volunteers, known as the red waistcoat brigade, help with all sorts of duties, including driving patients home, helping with meals and helping guide patients to clinics.
During the pandemic, many of the volunteers were stuck at home and unable to help due to restrictions.
The trust s volunteer department is asking anyone who would like to be part of its phone team to ‘phone for a chat’ to get in touch.
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6:00 AM May 1, 2021
Rod Dennis, a prostate cancer patient, delighted about the new screening at home test kit. Picture : DENISE BRADLEY
- Credit: DENISE BRADLEY/Archant2021
A Norfolk prostate cancer patient has hailed the development of a new home testing kit, which he feels could reduce the fear in men around the disease.
Researchers at the University of East Anglia and Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital are trialing the Prostate Screening Box which is intended to diagnose aggressive prostate cancer in a non-invasive way, through a kit that can be put through the letter box.
Some 2,000 men across the globe will receive the kit as part of the next phase of the study, with the 64-year-old heralding it as a game changer .
Maurice Gray
Maurice Gray, who has been sharing his cancer diary with us
- Credit: Maurice Gray
Back in 2019, north Norfolk photojournalist Maurice Gray shared his cancer diary with us.
Nearly three years on from his original diagnosis, he brings us up to date with a new series of features about his treatment for the ‘Big C’.
In the latest part, he talks about undergoing chemotherapy during lockdown
My next update continues from Christmas 2019, when having chemotherapy took us into the new year, 2020.
That was followed by two days on January 14 and 15 with Obinutuzumab and Bendamustine treatment, followed by the same drugs on February 11 and 12.
Maurice Gray
Maurice Gray, who has been sharing his cancer diary with us
- Credit: Maurice Gray
Back in 2019, north Norfolk photojournalist Maurice Gray shared his cancer diary with us.
Nearly three years on from his original diagnosis, he brings us up to date with a new series of features about his treatment for the ‘Big C’.
In the latest part, he talks about undergoing chemotherapy during lockdown
My next update continues from Christmas 2019, when having chemotherapy took us into the new year, 2020.
That was followed by two days on January 14 and 15 with Obinutuzumab and Bendamustine treatment, followed by the same drugs on February 11 and 12.
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