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Children’s cancer services appeal seeks to improve care of young cancer patients
Bedford children being treated for cancer face a significant risk of picking up life-threatening infections requiring urgent in-patient hospital treatment.
To help these vulnerable patients avoid or tackle infections, Bedford Hospital Charity and Friends (BHC&F) are working with Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust to raise funds to refurbish two dedicated cancer care side rooms on Riverbank Ward at South Wing, Bedford.
READ MOREDedication means Brian Woodrow can continue to watch over his legacy
A dedication to Brian Woodrow OBE DL has been made by Bedford Hospital Charity and Friends (BHC&F), the charity Brian set up, at the Primrose Cancer Centre – a service he created.
Hanging a drawing, by his good friend Mandy Brookes, in his honour, so he can continue to oversee the legacy he built, Robert Oakley Deputy Chair of BHC&F said almost everyone in Bedford will have been positively impacted by Brian.
Read moreA brief history
The Friends of Bedford Hospital were formed at the inception of the NHS in 1946 and have joined forces with the Bedford Hospitals Charity so that there is now a single charity with a common aim. The Bedford Hospitals Charity was formed in 1988 with the specific purpose of refurbishing the old Nurses Home and has continued with a series of major projects including the £2.35million Primrose Appeal for a purpose-built Oncology Unit. To date the combined charities have raised well over £11 million for the Hospital.