News NHS awards
HAVE you received outstanding care from a nurse or medical team in Maidstone? Well, now is your chance to reward their work. The Maidstone and Tunbridge
Wells NHS Trust Staff Star Awards give patients a chance to nominate anyone who works for the Trust, be that an individual or a team, such as ward staff. Make your nomination by Mon-
day, October 2, at
www.surveymon-
key.co.uk/r/StaffStars2017. Hard copies of the form are avail-
able at Maidstone Hospital’s main reception. Winners will be announced at an
event for trust staff on Friday, No- vember 24.
Special name
A SPECIAL needs support service for the disabled has announced it has a new name. The charity, which offers activities,
advice and support to families across Maidstone, consulted its members before opting for Space 2 Be Me, in place of M4S, which it has had since itwas founded by a group of parents from Maidstone in 2011. The work began overnight on
Wednesday, August 23, and is ex- pected to take until Christmas to complete. The organisation says the name reflects better the services it provides to the disabled.
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Laura’s Ball set to raise £25k for cancer charity
TICKET sales have been brisk for Breast Cancer Kent’s biggest an- nual fund-raiser at Leeds Castle. The black tie ball, which is hoped
will raise £25,000 this year,was first held in 2014. Itwas the idea of Larkfield’s Laura
Clarke (pictured), a cardiac physiol- ogist at Maidstone Hospital. Throughout her brave battle with breast cancer she raised money for the charity, organised the event and provided advice and support to fel- low patients at Maidstone and Tun- bridgeWells hospitals. Today, Laura’s Ball attracts 200
guests – twice as many as when it began – and two years ago it moved from its original venue of Oakwood House to Leeds Castle. This year’s event in the Fairfax
Hall on Saturday, October 7, will in- clude a three-course meal, entertain- ment and live music – a lasting fun-filled tribute to Laura, whose “sparkle and giggle never faltered” and who died on October 21, 2014, at the age of 31. Helen Teare, who also joined the charity after finishing treatment for breast cancer in 2013, said: “Since
takingupthe reins from Laura, it has been wonderful to witness the suc- cess and growing support for the ball and our work.” In recent months, the charity has bought 3D imaging equipment for Maidstone Hospital, provided safety additions to radiotherapy equip- ment at every treatment centre in Kent and helps fund research into cancer at the University of Kent. Helen said: “After receiving treat-
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ment for breast cancer, I wanted to put something
back.At Breast Can- cer Kent, we all volunteer our time and so every pennywe raise goes to help and support breast cancer pa- tients. “In the last few years, technology
in this area has come on leaps and bounds – more than the NHS can keep up with – but our fundraising means that we help more patients access the latest treatment and ad- vice.”
Tickets for the charity ball cost
£600 for a table of eight, with indi- vidual tickets at £85 per head. Call Helen Teare on 07736 649524 or email
helen@teare.eu. The charity, which celebrated its
20th anniversary last year, was es- tablished by breast cancer consult- ants Sue and Peter Jones, an accomplished husband and wife team based at Maidstone Hospital until 2013 and who retired from pri- vate practice in 2016. Over 6,000 patients are referred each year to Maidstone and Tun- bridge Wells Trust breast care units. Of these, 600 are treated an- nually for breast cancer.
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