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New cancer
hospital proposals - find out more and have your say at Sefton
consultation roadshow
PEOPLE in Sefton can find
out more and have their say on proposals for Transforming Cancer
Care across Cheshire and Merseyside at a public consultation
roadshow this Friday, 29 August 2014.
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre NHS Foundation Trust; the health
trust that provides specialist cancer care to people in Cheshire and
Merseyside; wants to expand and develop a major new cancer hospital
in Liverpool.
The new hospital would be on the same site as the
Royal Liverpool University Hospital and the University of Liverpool,
and experts say it would enhance patient care and the scope for
groundbreaking research.
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre would also continue providing
services at its existing sites in Wirral and Aintree as well as the
services it provides at other hospitals across Cheshire and
Merseyside.
It is asking people for their views on the proposal during a public
consultation running until 19 October 2014. And people from Sefton
can find out more when the Transforming Cancer Care consultation
visits the area again this week.
The consultation team will be at Tesco in Formby from 4pm to 7pm, on
Friday, 29 August 2014. They will also be on Chapel Street in
Southport all day on Saturday, 20 September 2014.
Dr Peter Kirkbride, Medical Director of The Clatterbridge Cancer
Centre, said:- "Cancer is something that will affect most of
us, either as a patient or a relative, at some time in our lives.
More people are developing cancer and we are seeing more complex
patients who have conditions like diabetes, heart and kidney disease
as well as cancer. Having a Cancer Centre in Liverpool on the same
site as a large teaching hospital and the university would provide
clinicians and patients with vital on-site access to intensive care
and other key medical and surgical specialties. It would also
enhance collaboration between clinicians and academics, firmly
establishing our region as a major centre for world leading cancer
research and clinical trials. We are very keen to hear people's
views so we would encourage everyone to get involved and have their
say through the public consultation."
The public consultation was launched on 28 July 2014 and runs until
19 October 2014. Full details of the proposals, a short film and the
consultation documents and questionnaire are available at:-
transformingcancercaremc.nhs.uk.
People can contact the Consultation Team on:- 0151 296 7068 or via
emailing:-
engagement@cmcsu.nhs.uk.
Appeal following a
robbery at SPAR in Birkdale
MERSEYSIDE Police are
investigating a robbery at the Spar in Liverpool Road, Birkdale, on
the night of Tuesday 26 August 2014. Merseyside Police said that
"Patrols were called to the Spar shop, on Liverpool Road, at
10.40pm, following a call from staff reporting a robbery. On arrival
officers found 2 members of staff who were shaken, but uninjured.
They had locked the front door of the shop and were cashing up in
the rear office when up to 4 males in balaclavas forced the front
door open and entered the shop. Once inside, several of the
offenders stole cigarettes from behind the counter while another
tried to gain entry to the office. A small bag containing a small
amount of cash was stolen. 1 of the shop assistants called the
Police and the offenders fled. 1 of them is believed to have been in
possession of a crowbar, which was used to force open the front
door." Detectives are keen to speak to anyone who witnessed
the incident or any suspicious activity outside the Spar, either
just before or after 10.30pm. Police are particular keen to hear
from anyone who saw a white coloured car leaving Liverpool Road in
the direction of Ainsdale. Call Sefton CID’s burglary and robbery
unit on:- 0151 777 3811 or Crimestoppers on:- 0800 555 111.
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Galloway’s
Society at the 2014 Flower Show
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A Southport based charity
who took part in the Flower Show for the 1st time this year claim
they were completely overwhelmed by the level of support they
received from staff at the show and the public Galloway’s Society
for the Blind which merged with Southport blind aid only a few years
ago were amazed at the level of help they received to help make
their dream of having a show garden a reality. Fundraiser for the
local charity Emma Wilson commented:- "We really wanted a
garden at the Flower show, it is such a huge events and fantastic
publicity for a small local charity like ourselves but being so new
to the area we do not have the man power or the resources. When we
spoke to the show organisers to tell them a garden was not going to
be possible this year we were amazed by the response we got. The
staff rang me back a few days later informing us they could source
the materials for us and had contacted a gold winning landscaper to
help us make the garden a reality. Alan Francis who is a Southport
landscaper and has won gold 5 times at the Flower show agreed to
meet with me and plan a sensory garden which would be accessible for
blind and visually impaired people, allowing them to enjoy the
garden using their sense of touch, smell and hearing. Alan was
fantastic, nothing was too much trouble for him and he put the whole
garden together for us, with the help of his two sons. We could not
believe it when we turned up at the show and found the garden had
won Silver-Gilt, it was more than we ever imagined. Over the next 4
days we had so many people coming over and congratulating the
charity and telling us how beautiful the garden was. But the Flower
show had one more surprise up its sleeve, un be known to us at the
time, the daughter of one of our regular service users had contacted
the show telling them it was her mums dream to dance with Strictly
Come Dancing star, Anton du Beke, who was opening the show this
year. Lil who is 85 and registered blind was invited by the Flower
Show staff as a VIP and when Anton came on stage to open the show he
asked her to come up and have a dance. Lil was absolutely thrilled
by the experience and has brought in the photos to show everyone
here at Galloway’s. As a charity we work hard to help over 7000
local blind and visually impaired people regain their confidence,
maintain their independence and show them that having a visual
impairment does not need to stop them living a full and active live,
but we rely on donations and local support to do this. We want to
sincerely thank the Flower Show, Alan Francis Landscapes and the
public who came and donated to us over the four days, you are making
our work possible."
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To find out more about Galloway’s Society for the
Blind and the services they provide call:- 01704 534555 or email
them via:-
enquiries@galloways.org.uk.
Also if you are looking to have your garden done and are looking for
a landscaper in the area call:- 07715 118982 or email:-
info@alanfrancislandscapes.co.uk.
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