15 Mayıs 2014 Perşembe

Stephen Sutton"s legacy to consist of further beds and nurses for teenage cancer individuals

His JustGiving webpage broke all information for the website, like the most funds raised by an individual and the most donors – more than 162,000 – who have sent money from 94 different nations from Andorra to Zimbabwe.


The Teenage Cancer Trust stated these days that the cash raised by Stephen would go to assisting the seven younger people diagnosed with cancer each day in the United kingdom.


His legacy will incorporate building new Teenage Cancer Trust units in hospitals, exactly where expert beds and widespread rooms will be supplied for sufferers aged 13 to 24. The cash will also be utilised to pay for additional teenage cancer professional nurses and youth support staff in hospitals.


A spokesman for the charity said: “Donations made to Stephen’s Story will be spent on supporting and building our vitally critical providers created to assist the 7 young folks, like Stephen, who are diagnosed with cancer each day.


“This involves the advancement of new Teenage Cancer Trust units as properly as supporting our existing network of 28 units in NHS hospitals across the United kingdom. We will also be in a position to enhance the variety of expert nurses and youth help coordinators we give, as properly as keep our schooling operate.”


Teenage Cancer Trust units guarantee that youthful men and women are handled alongside folks their personal age, by nurses who specialise in the healthcare and emotional requirements of teenage cancer individuals. With out the charity’s work, sufferers beneath the age of 16 would be taken care of on children’s wards, alongside toddlers, although in excess of-16s would be on adult wards, alongside pensioners, in line with NHS policy.


The units can value anything at all from £250,000 to much more than £3 million, based on the variety of beds and no matter whether an current ward is refurbished or an entirely new developing is needed.


The charity money 27 specialist nurses and 21 youth assistance co-ordinators, who are all primarily based in NHS hospitals. The 28 Teenage Cancer Believe in units in England, Scotland and Wales have all around 220 beds, though numbers vary based on demand. The units also have common rooms with computers, pool tables and other actions the place individuals can meet every other and socialise.


The Nationwide Institute for Clinical Excellence (Nice) has endorsed the TCT model as the best way of caring for teenagers and young adults with cancer.


Stephen, of Burntwood, Staffs., was taken care of in a Teenage Cancer Trust unit at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, exactly where he eventually died.



Stephen Sutton"s legacy to consist of further beds and nurses for teenage cancer individuals

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