27 Aug Ivan’s Mount Everest Challenge
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13 Aug Chris Bell is celebrating his ‘5 Year Stem Cell Birthday!’
“Every year, I get to celebrate two birthdays - my birthday and my remission - it’s another excuse to get the family together." Chris Bell was diagnosed in 2016 with a form of blood cancer. After being diagnosed, he was admitted to the Freeman Hospital in...
28 May What Is Blood Cancer?
What is blood cancer? Blood cancer is a type of cancer which affects your blood cells. This means that most types of blood cancer begin in the bone marrow, as that is where blood is created, or the lymph nodes, which are part of the immune system. What...
20 Feb Bright Red funded Clinical Research Fellow Tom Creasey, Awarded Prize at Global Haematology Conference
At the end of last year Bright Red funded Clinical Fellow Tom Creasey attended the 61st ASH Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida. This is organised by the American Society of Haematology and is the largest Haematology conference in the world with over 25,000 attendees and...
29 Sep A day in the life of – Bright Red Nurse Sarah Blakey
Hi I was asked to write “ a day in the life” It is a difficult task as there are no two days the same and the work can be very unpredictable. I work in a range of settings wherever my patients are. This Includes in patients homes,...
27 Sep A day in the life of – Bright Red Nurse Jill Bell
Jill Bell is one of our Bright Red Nurses, working at the Sunderland Royal Hospital. As part of Blood Cancer Awareness Month Jiill has shared 'a day in the life of' blog with us, below. Overall my role as a Haematology Specialist Nurse is to provide...
26 Sep Research update – the first NCRI AML Academy
Gail Jones, Michelle Lannon and Matthew Collin from Northern Centre for Cancer Care at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle attended the first NCRI AML Academy in Birmingham Sept 19-20. Organised by the AML Global portal and the National Cancer Research Institute, the conference heard presentations from...
26 Sep A day in the life – Sister Kathryn McRae
As part of Blood Cancer Awareness Month Kathryn McRae, Sister of Ward 33 of the Northern Centre for Cancer Care at the Freeman Hospital in Newcastle (pictured second from left above) has shared 'a day in the life' blog with us, below. I usually arrive on...
06 Sep Chris’s journey to the GNR 2019
In 2013 I was diagnosed with AML (acute myeloid leukaemia) and admitted to the Freeman cancer care ward where I received chemotherapy. During which time I became aware of the Bright Red charity who helped me with a Lee Robson Patient Care Grant to buy...