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When the Covid pandemic began,

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I knew that science

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was the only escape route to normal life.

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My name is Dr.

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Charlotte Summers.

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I'm an intensive care doctor

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and researcher

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at the University of Cambridge

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and Addenbrooke’s Hospital.

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Faced with a new and deadly virus,

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the team here

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worked

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round the clock to create

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new intensive care beds

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and to work out how to deal

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with the very sickest of patients

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with Covid.

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Alongside this,

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we kickstarted research

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to understand the virus

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and develop

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new tests, therapies and vaccines.

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It really helps bring

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both the doctor

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and a scientist,

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understanding problems at the bedside

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means that we can accelerate

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research into problems

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that really matter.

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It also

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means that we can rapidly

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translate discoveries

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into new therapies for patients.

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We could never find treatments for Covid

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without patients being willing

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to take part in clinical trials.

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Every patient with Covid

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admitted to

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Addenbrooke's

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is offered the opportunity

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to take part in research,

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and we're deeply grateful to all of them.

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We have witnessed the power of science

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in finding new treatments

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and vaccines for Covid,

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but we still need to find more treatments

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to save lives

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and stop people

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getting so unwell

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that they require intensive care.

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Doing

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this will require more superhuman efforts

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from clinicians and scientists

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who have already gone above

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and beyond during the pandemic.

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But treatments for Covid are out there

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and working together

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locally, nationally

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and internationally, we will find them.

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During winter we experience increasing

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pressure on our Hospital

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Services there are things we can all do

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to help improve patient flow and meet

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our 4-Hour Emergency Care standard when

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we are under

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pressure taking some important steps

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ensures we can see and treat patients

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quickly and safely whilst improving

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their experience

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take Joyce for example she arrived in Ed

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by ambulance with her son after

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experiencing chest pains and

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breathlessness at home within 30 minutes

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of arriving she's brought to a cubicle

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and the ambulance is quickly back on the

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road to other patients Joyce is seen by

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the rapid assessment and triage team

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rules out a heart attack and request a

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consult consultant physician to

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assess Dr Kuma arrives within 1 hour in

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line with our internal Professional

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Standards suspecting Joyce has pneumonia

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blood tests are ordered and she is

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allocated as space in

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ea3 one of the medical assessment and

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same day Emergency Care

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units Joy's son is with her throughout

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and the Ed team and Dr Kumar keeps them

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both informed about her

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care once moved Joyce cubicle is free

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for another patient waiting in

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Ed all of this takes less than 4 hours

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meeting our Emergency Care standard and

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supporting other emergency patients to

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be seen and triage quickly Joyce is

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assessed for the rest of the day her

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blood test confirm she has pneumonia and

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needs intravenous antibiotics and

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supplementary oxygen so she is

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transferred to a ward the MDT assess and

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monitor Joy's progress for the next two

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days and the ward keeps Joyce and her

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son

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updated they all plan support for when

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she goes home Joyce is out of bed on her

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first day on the board which helps her

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recovery

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on her second day the MDT assess she is

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ready for discharge the ward team

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contact her son and he arrives promptly

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by 10 a.m. if he had been late Joyce

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could have been moved to the discharge

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lounge, freeing up her bed for another

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patient Joyce is discharged with two

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more days of antibiotics, Joyce and her

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son are happy with their experience of

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care in our Hospital

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they have been kept in form all along

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the way and Joy's Journey has been

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smooth and efficient by everyone doing

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the right things at the right time there

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have been no delays in Joy Journey from

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Ed to discharge we have freed up

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capacity along the way and met our

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4-Hour Emergency Care

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standards we all have a part to play in

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helping flow throughout our hospitals

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and meeting our 4-Hour Emergency Care

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standard that includes looking out for

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one another too together we can continue

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to provide safe and effective care this winter

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So there are multiple challenges facing our emergency department.

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There are people who come to our emergency department

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who can be seen elsewhere in our health care system.

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They can call 111, during in hours

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they should be calling their GPs.

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The reason why it's important people call

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other parts, are that we have a big challenge of people

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who are waiting to be admitted into the hospital.

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The biggest thing the public can do to help our emergency department

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is to access other services which are available to them.

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For example, NHS 111,

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GP out of hours as well as in hours,

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and minor injury units in Ely and urgent treatment centres.

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Hello.

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My name is Gladys Chitakatira and I am from Zimbabwe.

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I joined the Cambridge University Hospitals as a public member

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from a minority background.

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I believe I have something to share

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with the public and the Cambridge University hospitals

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to ensure that as a minority we are not overlooked.

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We are head and we are well represented.

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Hi, I'm Randall Evans.

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I'm a patient member of the Trust and when I retired, I got more time to get

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involved with activities in the community and at the local hospital.

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Becoming a public member of the Cambridge University Hospital.

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Has given me a voice

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and opportunities to participate in quality improvements

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in line with patient safety staff and the wider community

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population. Trust membership gives you the opportunity

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to get involved as much or as little as you wish.

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I'm currently involved in reviewing patient information leaflets,

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the place inspections of the wards, which looks at the comfort and cleanliness

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factors, and attending the medicine for numbers lectures

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which tell me about innovative research at the hospital.

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Hi, I'm Neil Stutchbury.

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I'm a patient governor and the lead governor

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we governors are elected by members

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and our role is to represent you and ensure

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your hospital is doing the right thing for all its patients.

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I decided to become a governor after finishing full time work.

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At that time I was diagnosed and treated for cancer at Addenbrooke's.

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I wanted to help other patients by giving them a voice

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in the treatment and services they get from the hospital.

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But we provide the direct link between the community

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and those that run the hospital.

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We represent the interests of patients

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and the wider public and the development of the trust.

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And through that we then hold the non-executive directors

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to account the performance of the hospital as a whole.

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Hello, I'm Mike Moore.

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I'm chair of Cambridge University Hospitals.

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Our hospitals are very well known.

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They are also very, very big, but at its core.

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And what guides me is are we providing safe, patient care?

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And are we providing a good hospital for our local communities.

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And that's why the membership of the trust is so important,

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because it's a voice for our local community.

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It's a voice for our staff, and it's a voice for patients.

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It's members of the public.

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The voice of the membership is really important
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in keeping us clear and true to our mission.

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Providing safe, patient care and your voice matters.

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Your voice is heard.

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From age of 16 and above.

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It's possible to become a member.

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Do become a member.

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Get involved in making the hospital

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the best it can be for all its patients and its users.

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Together we can make a difference.

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So I hope you'll feel able to join in.

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Get involved and become part of your Cambridge University Hospitals.

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Hi i'm Kyle, and I'm a teenage cancer

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Trust Youth Support Coordinator.

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What I've learned about this role that

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makes it different is the fact that I'm

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not medical,

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and that's really special at times

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because I've got the freedom just to sit

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and to be and to talk and to offer what

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I call the gift of time to people

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in terms of how I support young people

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emotionally,

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the main thing is just being able to

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answer some of their questions. I can't

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answer all questions and I don't pretend

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to be able to answer all questions,

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being able to listen to them and then do

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my best to find out

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the answers or to work through the

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answers with them so they discover them

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for themselves.

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In terms of the whole family and the

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support that we provide for them as well

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we also do group work we also do

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one-on-one sort of

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talks with them we have counsellors

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available from our team

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but I also become a bit of an events

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coordinator sometimes and we organise

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spa days for mums and

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trips out for dads, and just special

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wishes for families as a whole as well

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so they can really spend some quality

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time with each other.

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And it's really fun to be able to watch

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that play out.

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in terms of group activities and we have

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quite regular activities

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like we do a breakfast brunch club every

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Tuesday morning which is great,

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we have pastries and we have food and we

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put some TV on,

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and have a laugh. But we do have more

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focused group events like post-treatment

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groups

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and during those events we try and work

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with the young people

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through various different issues, late

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effects, side effects,

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but mainly just trying to draw them out

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of cancer land, and

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give them reasons why they can move

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forward and have positive outlook on

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their life.