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To celebrate Keeping Abreast’s 10th Anniversary KA Norwich is pleased to present the Keeping Abreast Portrait Exhibition. KAPE is a collection of 50 professional photographic portraits of women who are at different stages of breast reconstruction following breast cancer or preventative surgery. It has been a project over several years by Norfolk photographer Julia Holland…
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On Wednesday 17th May members gathered at the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital for the 9th Annual General Meeting for Keeping Abreast. Please find below the minutes for the meeting – full copies of the Chair & Treasurers report are available on request. AGM Minutes 2017
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Patient Information Evening at Southmead Hospital Mr Sherif Wilson, Breast Reconstruction Plastic Surgeon, will be giving a lecture on the topic of Breast Reconstruction This will be held on Wednesday 18th January 2017, doors open at 7:00 pm Learning & Research Centre Southmead Hospital, Bristol, BS10 5NB Any enquiries please email Tina Robinson or Sue…
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This Saturday, 10th December, our Keeping Abreast South West group are hosting there last coffee morning of the year and are delighted to also be involved in the Maggies Christmas Cookery workshop. The cookery workshop will be hosted by Caroline Hockley, Maggie’s Nutritionist who will be creating a number of delicious dishes following which she…
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Another Huge thanks to Hansells Solicitors and Financial Advisers for donating the sum of £356.23.
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Our Norwich group were recently thrilled to be able to present a cheque to the Earsham Ward at the Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital. Liz Winter, Jane Crockett & Carol Hale presented Sister Claire with the money which will cover the purchase of extra blood pressure and Doppler machines. These will further enhance the care that…
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Keeping Abreast South West (KASW) had it’s very first support coffee morning at Maggies in Cheltenham on Saturday 11th June 2016. Thank you so much to Samantha and her team at Maggies for making us feel so very welcome. The ladies that attended ranged from those having had reconstruction, those just about to have reconstruction in the coming weeks…
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Keeping Abreast Herts and Beds has its first sponsor! Thanks to John McLoughlin and Dunstable Town Football Club. The team will be including the charity’s logo on their shorts, and a number of banners will be around the pitch to advertise the charity. Sarah Jane Philips who helps run the group added “This is a…
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On Monday the Keeping Abreast team visited Leicester to help support them at their very first group meeting. After months of hard work from the Breast Care Nursing Team, it was fantastic to welcome over 20 people to the Helen Webb House, which included current patients, volunteers and surgeons. The evening began with an introduction…
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Keeping Abreast Norwich Committee members are delighted to be funding the training of Nurse Britta Andersen in the art of Micropigmentation (medical tattooing). The photo shows Jane Crockett, Secretary of KA Norwich presenting Britta with the cheque along with Sister Jane Knights and Ruth Harcourt, Breast Reconstruction Nurse Specialist, in the Plastic Surgery Outpatients Department…
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Keeping Abreast was established in September 2007 by patients Anna Beckingham and Beverley Birritteri and Breast Reconstruction nurse specialist Ruth Harcourt. They recognised a great need for women, both newly diagnosed with breast cancer and facing the possibility of mastectomy, and also women further down the line who are also considering reconstructive surgery, to be able to meet and talk to other women who have been through similar experiences. This allows women make an informed choice about whether or not to proceed with breast reconstruction.
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