After being diagnosed with the progressive muscle wasting condition Motor Neurone Disease (MND) in 2016, grandad Tony Plant reveals how he has “banked” his voice so he can still communicate in a recognisable way with his family after he loses it.
Coming to terms with a sudden, chronic illness and overcoming the many challenges it presents is made easier when NHS staff are “friendly, warm and professional”
Builder Steve Bradbury was delighted to avoid the need for radiotherapy and chemotherapy after having a cancerous tumour removed from his throat by robotic surgery at the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital
As an important part of their patient’s long term rehabilitation, the Trust’s Critical Care Team set up a Follow-up Clinic to give patients the opportunity to discuss their critical care experience, ask any questions, assess their progress and, if required, arrange further support.
A mum whose whole world changed after a lifesaving transplant shares her story with patients and visitors at Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital, to raise awareness of kidney donation among the Asian community
Chris’s wife was diagnosed with dementia in 2010. Here he shares their personal story, memories of their life together and “the tender care my wife and I received”
Hospital worker Sanam experienced care from the other side after her baby daughter, Ava was born 12 weeks early and describes the dedication of neonatal staff as “truly outstanding”