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New televisions for Ward 5 patients

The Cancer Care and Haematology Fund (CCHF) has paid more than £3,100 for new televisions at Stoke Mandeville Hospital's Ward 5.

Ward 5 is a haematology and general medicine facility caring particularly for patients with blood disorders who need highly specialised treatment. The 10 new “smart” TVs are replacing old and outdated sets.

Michelle Pearsall, Macmillan Matron for Oncology and Haematology at the Cancer Care and Haematology Unit, explained: “Our patients on Ward 5 are sometimes with us for three months or more so having a television helps break up the boredom. These particular televisions also have radio or music channels giving the patients plenty of options on what they watch or listen to.”

Patients sometimes must have restrictions on visitors because of their condition and treatment and this can have an emotional impact, added Michelle. “Patients report that TVs are a welcome distraction.”

Chair of CCHF, Dr Ann Watson, said: “Television technology has moved on so much over the past few years and the ones in Ward 5 were very out of date. We're so pleased that we can invest in something that will bring a little extra comfort to patients being cared for in Ward 5.”

CCHF is a charity set up to help those suffering from cancer and haematology related illnesses in Buckinghamshire. Through public fundraising a specialist unit – the Cancer Care and Haematology Unit (CCHU) - was built and opened in January 2001 at Stoke Mandeville Hospital. Today the charity continues to provide financial support for projects and services which benefit patients being treated by Buckinghashire Healthcare NHS Trust at the CCHU, the Sunrise Unit at Wycombe Hospital and in community settings across Buckinghamshire and adjacent counties.

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23 October 2024