ADVICE: NHS have offered their advice for this week Smear tests aren’t easy for everyone, but they can save lives. The number of people going for smear tests is lower than ever, yet they prevent 75% of cervical cancers! So while they may not be pleasant, they are important. Cervical cancer is the most common cancer in women aged 35, and 75% of cervical cancers are prevented by cervical screening (smear tests). Cervical Cancer Prevention Week runs from January 18 to 24 and it encourages women to reduce their risk of the disease by promoting the steps they can take to look after their health.
Success: Lynsey Robson, Macmillan Lead Cancer Nurse at NCIC NHS Foundation Trust A RECENTLY retired driving instructor, who lives with life limiting secondary pancreatic cancer, has backed a new West Cumbrian community cancer service as providing vital additional support to all those living with cancer. Carolyn Pickering, 62, from Tirril near Penrith, recently retired after almost 40 years as a driving instructor. She was forced to retire last year following her diagnosis of secondary pancreatic cancer that can be managed with a course of targeted daily chemotherapy tablets, but not cured. The service has been launched in partnership with national charity Macmillan Cancer Support and the local NHS in West Cumbria and will support people living with cancer in the community with tailored cancer care, support and advice and with a focus on the psychological and physical impact of cancer.
New Year’s Honours: British Empire Medal for two nurses working in local hospitals Date published: 01 January 2021
Wendy Clapham and Cath Fitzsimmons
Two nurses working in local hospitals been honoured in the New Year’s Honours list 2021 to recognise their tremendous role throughout the Covid-19 pandemic.
Both Wendy Clapham and Cath Fitzsimmons have been awarded the British Empire Medal.
Wendy, Assistant Director of Nursing Services for Critical Care, Outpatients and Pre-Operative Assessment at the Royal Oldham Hospital, has been awarded the Medal for her services to nursing, particularly during the Covid-19 response. She has worked as a nurse in the NHS for 30 years, including working clinically in critical care, service management in anaesthetics and critical care, within clinical governance and other specialist nursing roles.
Cath Fitzsimmons A NURSE who works at Fairfield Hospital has received a British Empire Medal in the New Year Honours after she came out of retirement to help combat Covid-19. Cath Fitzsimmons, 62, had retired from NHS nursing after 42 years but returned to Salford Royal Hospital in April. Appearing on Good Morning Britain today, Cath told how she immediately knew she wanted to help at the beginning of the pandemic. It wasn t a problem at all, she said of her decision to get involved. I thoroughly enjoyed being a nurse and I ll always be a nurse. Cath, who is from Oldham, helped her team to set up online calls for families who could not go into hospitals to visit critically ill relatives.
British Empire Medal honours Wendy and Cath’s COVID-19 work Date published: 30 December 2020
Wendy Clapham, the Assistant Director of Nursing Services for Critical Care, Outpatients and Pre-Operative Assessment at the Royal Oldham Hospital
Oldham s Wendy Clapham is one of two Northern Care Alliance (NCA) NHS Group nurses who have been honoured in the New Year’s Honours list 2021 to recognise their tremendous role throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
Both Wendy and colleague Cath Fitzsimmons have been awarded the British Empire Medal.
Wendy, Assistant Director of Nursing Services for Critical Care, Outpatients and Pre-Operative Assessment at the Royal Oldham Hospital, has been awarded the Medal for her services to nursing, particularly during the COVID-19 response.