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		<title>Mood management course &#8211; Bognor Regis</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:36:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynne Kirkwood</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mental Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[anxiety]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cousellor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[depression]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The mood management course consisted of an Introductory meeting with all the prospective applicants who had been recommended by their GPs. Then, there were ten,weekly two hour sessions followed by a final session three months later to find how helpful the course had been to all the participants. The first two hour session was attended [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carer&#8217;s support service</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 19:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynne Kirkwood</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patient Experiences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carer's support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Crossroads]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Submitted by LK. Author remains anonymous As a full time carer,many of the problems arising seemed an insurmountable and escalating task. However, my GPs encouraged me to go on to their official carers list and also that of the West Sussex County Council. Within a few days, a West Sussex Carer&#8217;s information book arrived. How [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expert patient programme</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jun 2010 13:58:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynne Kirkwood</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Patient Experiences]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[allodynia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chronic pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Expert Patient Programme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[facial pain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pain management]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parotid gland]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Submitted by LK. Author prefers to remain anonymous My life changed on September 25th 2005. I went into St Richard&#8217;s Hospital for the removal of a lump on my parotid gland. Unfortunately I suffered continual pain following the surgery and am only now beginning to realise the long term implications that lie before me. Due [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bowen&#8217;s disease and Photodynamic therapy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Apr 2010 14:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynne Kirkwood</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Skin disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bowen's]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dermatology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photodynamic therapy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scaly skin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[specialist nurse]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St Richard's Hospital]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have had Bowen&#8217;s disease, a rare skin disorder characterised by the formation of patches of red scaly skin on my legs since the year 2000. My legs from knees to ankles were discoloured and the skin was thin and easily broken. I used a cream prescribed by my doctor, and for years I seemed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gamma knife treatment</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynne Kirkwood</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Neurology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[accoustic neuroma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Gamma knife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MRI]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A while ago I had been diagnosed with an accoustic neuroma and after three years of MRI scans to monitor growth it was decided that further treatment was required . My consultant offered my a fairly new treatment called gamma knife (no knives involved!) . I had to go to Sheffield to The Royal Hallamshire [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palliative Care at Home</title>
		<link>http://fowms.net/blogs/?p=15</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynne Kirkwood</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Palliative Care]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carer's support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[district nurses]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[primarycare trust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St Wilfred's hospice]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Reader This entry is to share with you an experience of NHS palliative care for my wife at home . The care followed a prolonged spell in hospital after an operation for cancer, Sadly and tragically ,the cancer was advanced and my wife went into intensive care. After rehabilitation at Bognor Hospital she came [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Introduction &#8211; What this site is all about!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:55:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lynne Kirkwood</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Patient experience project for West Meads Surgery More and more these days, health organisations are recognising the importance of patient experience in informing and shaping services. West Meads surgery and the friends of West Meads patient group would like to compile a directory of patient experiences. This will then act as a resource for other [...]]]></description>
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