Good will and kindness shown in Pembrokeshire

Good will and kindness shown in Pembrokeshire 

Hywel Dda Health Charities would like to thank the communities of Pembrokeshire for the good will that local people showed towards our Chemotherapy Day Unit at Withybush Hospital, Haverfordwest.

Last November Hywel Dda Health Charities launched an appeal called Give a Gift promoting the donation of gifts for patients receiving chemotherapy at their local hospital.

Over 130 gifts, worth nearly £2,000, have been received for Chemotherapy Day Unit patients within Hywel Dda University Health Board.  The public supported the appeal by purchasing gifts through an online wishlist.

The Give a Gift Appeal aimed to make Christmas 2018 an extra special one for patients visiting our Chemotherapy Day Units during the festive period.

Hywel Dda University Health Board’s Chemotherapy Day Units deliver anti-cancer treatments in an outpatient setting. Our dedicated specialist nursing teams carefully chose the items for the Gift a Gift Appeal that would be of most benefit to patients both during and after their treatments to help ease some of the inevitable side effects. Items included warm beanie hats, bandanas and caps for those suffering from hair loss, hand and body creams, warm socks and gloves as some treatments increase sensitivity to the cold.

Gina Beard, Lead Cancer Nurse said:

“The response to the Give a Gift Appeal has been amazing. Thank you so much to everyone who has purchased and donated hats, gloves, water bottles, skin care products, socks and games, plus much more, for our cancer patients. The gifts themselves and the sentiment that someone has thought about them makes a huge difference to our patients at a difficult time. We are truly grateful for every gift that we received.”

Hywel Dda Health Charities is a registered charity which supports patients, staff and services within Hywel Dda Local University Health Board.

For more information, please contact Elin Williams, Marketing and Communications Officer,

Hywel Dda Health Charities 07970948702