“Having CF really controls my life and affects the people around me. It makes me so angry when I have to cancel arrangements I’ve made with friends because I have a chest infection and I hate my boyfriend seeing me when I’m at my worst. I often need to come into the City Hospital at short notice because I’ve developed a chest infection or I’m having trouble with my feeding.
The new 16 bedded CF centre will be able to serve more than 250 patients from across Nottinghamshire and the surrounding counties, almost doubling the number of patients that can be accommodated.
For cystic fibrosis patients, reaching the age of 30 is an achievement to be proud of. The average age of survival is just 36 years, and there is no cure.
This is our vision for the future of cystic fibrosis care at NUH: a new purpose-built unit that will quite literally transform care for this special group of patients.
Strongbones Children’s Charitable Trust has donated £3,000 to help fund equipment for patients at Nottingham Children’s Hospital.
