Patient advocate: driven by necessity, and the desire to improve health outcomes for patients living with Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
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Today is #RareDiseaseDay2024! 1 in 17 people will have a rare disease in their lifetime.
Thanks to your donations, the Outpatient Experience Group & staff from the @East_Genomics team visited @CUH_NHS to raise awareness of rare diseases with staff, patients the community. 💙
Great day @CUH_NHS raising awareness for #RareDiseaseDay . Huge thanks to the amazing CUH staff and volunteers for all their hard work & support!! @East_Genomics
@M4RareDiseases
Thank you to Gemma Hasnaoui who is our South West regional coordinator for presenting Vascular EDS to trainee GP colleagues in Bournemouth and staff training at Poole A&E & Bournemouth A&E.
Happy Rare Disease Day!
#rarediseaseday#vasculareds
We have launched VEDS Emergency Information packs & we are pleased 182 have been ordered so far to support #VascularEDS patients in an emergency.
The emergency packs are free to UK members thanks to #NationalLottery funding through our #VEDS Support Programme. #RareDisease
Today we are celebrating International Day of Radiology, which touches many of our patients' lives, even if they do not meet the Radiology team in person themselves.
Read more about our brilliant Radiology staff here: https://t.co/qljr9pFSUT
#CUHProud#Excellent#IDOR2023
I contacted the vascular teams at Addenbrooke's Hospital to share news of our wedding (significance explained in letter). I received a lovely letter from one of the vascular surgeons this morning! Such an amazing team. So fortunate to benefit from their support and expertise ❤
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Lesson 2, ‘The Rare Disease Journey’ from the 'Mental Health and Rare Disease' course is now live! Discover more about how rare diseases can affect #mentalhealth by logging on to M4RD Learn now! made in collaboration with @RareMindsUK.
https://t.co/fy6JlKBbbX
We are so happy to bring you the first lesson of our BRAND NEW online course which explores 'Mental Health and Rare Disease’! 🦓 Made in collaboration with the amazing @RaremindsUK - lessons will be going live weekly, starting today. Begin now! https://t.co/fy6JlKBbbX
VEDS in the news today. Claire Hall has recently experienced a vEDS episode and despite being hospitalised is now raising awareness and funds through her art exhibition.
We're so pleased that Roland Sinker, chief executive, has been awarded a CBE for services to healthcare in His Majesty The King’s Birthday Honours.
Read more at https://t.co/ikuppReIi5