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BOURNEMOUTH MDS SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS
PATIENT-TO-PATIENT SUPPORT
FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES
WEDNESDAY MEETINGS EVERY 4 MONTHS FOR COFFEE AND A CHAT
This our most recently created Group. Please come and join this meeting to help turn it into a successful group for the region. All local patients are welcome to attend, as are relatives and friends.
This is an opportunity to get to know one another, share experiences and increase the support network in the area, particularly for newly-diagnosed patients.
Date: Wednesday, 8th July
Time: 10.30 am – 1 pm
Location: The Grove Hotel, 2 Grove Road, East Cliff, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH1 3AU
Guest speaker: Jim Phillips, Health Coach from My Health, My Way
My Health My Way is a service which operates in Dorset and provides non clinical support from specially trained health coaches who work with patients with long term condition. In particular they help:
– build skills, knowledge and confidence to start taking control of one’s health condition rather than letting it control you
– build and maintain one’s confidence to self manage areas like pain or fatigue, exercise or dietary changes, anxiety or depression.
– make better, more informed choices about medications and improve one’s ability to converse with healthcare professionals about one’s care options.
Please come and join us at the next meeting to learn more about the service and how to self-manage your condition, as well as to meet and share experiences with other MDS patients in your local area.
Other meetings this year:
11th November 2015
Next year’s meetings:
9th March 2016
6th July 2016
Please download our 2015 Bournemouth Support Group Meetings poster here to take to your hospital and help promote the Group.
If you have never contacted MDS UK, please call the main office for a full Patient Information Pack before attending the Bournemouth Region Support Group.
MDS UK Main Office:
0207 733 7558
mds-uk@mds-foundation.org
If you have contacted MDS UK before, please email the Bournemouth Support Group directly for more information or to confirm your attendance.
Bournemouth Group:
bournemouthgroup@mdspatientsupport.org.uk
Getting to the hotel:
Arriving by Car
On the Wessex Way (A35 or A338) when you approach the main roundabout, turn into St. Paul’s Road (Asda will be on your left). At the next roundabout turn right into Holdenhurst Road which is the B3066. At the next roundabout, which is the Lansdowne roundabout, take the third exit into Bath Road. Follow this road until the next roundabout (on your left is a petrol station) go onto the roundabout and take the second exit. Just before you take the exit you should see The Grove from the road. You are now on Grove road. The first turning on your left is our entrance to the car park.
Arriving by Coach or Train
The main Bournemouth train and coach stations are both situated less than a mile from the Grove. Taxis are always available at the station.
Arriving by Air
Bournemouth International Airport is 7 miles away from the Grove.
