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Essex Region MDS Support Group Meetings
open to MDS patients and their family members or caregivers
Next meeting:
When: Thursday, 23 October 2014, 10 am – 12 pm
Where: Seminar Room 1, Central Baptist Church, Chelmsford, CM1 1LN.
To attend: Please contact Chris Dugmore or the main MDS UK office – details below.
Poster to download: ESSEX REGION SUPPORT GROUP POSTER 23/10/14
Message from Chris Dugmore, group facilitator:
I am pleased to invite you all to the next meeting of the MDS Patient Support Group (Essex). This will be at the same venue, Central Baptist Church, on Thursday, 23rd October, 2014 from 10-12. (Please note shorter meeting time). As well as our usual session, updating each other on how our MDS is affecting us, I am hoping I will be able to invite a clinical nurse specialist to talk about his/her role in supporting patients with MDS. With their working commitments this is often difficult… but I will try!
I have sent out posters advertising the meeting to all local haematology departments but please take it along if you are attending clinics in the next few weeks or so and check that they are displaying it! Additionally, if your GP surgery or library would display it, we might reach some more MDS patients who are out there but do not know we exist!
Herewith a link to the map for the venue. Tea, coffee and biscuits will be provided on arrival. The Cafe Oasis at this venue is open for lunch until 1.30 should anybody wish to stay for a light lunch or there are plenty of eating places in Chelmsford.
As well as the Park and Ride, there is the High Chelmer multi-storey opposite the venue which has a number of disabled parking spaces if you have a blue badge. There are also a number of disabled parking spaces in Market Road and at the venue itself but please contact them in advance if you wish to use it. Please see link to parking map of Chelmsford.
IMPORTANT: I would be grateful if you would confirm your attendance as soon as possible but by 20 October (Monday) at the latest as I do need to let the venue know about the refreshments. It is really important that you do this so please either tell me straight away or make a diary note to contact me so I don’t have to chase you up!! Obviously, I recognise that health situations/ treatment requirements make it impossible to come and if there are lots of absentees I can cancel the event if necessary.
The event is free to MDS patients and their families as it will be funded by MDS UK Patient Support.
Christine Dugmore
01702 478244
chrisdugmoreuk@yahoo.co.uk
If you have never contacted MDS UK before:
Please make sure you call the main office first (Tel: 0207 733 7558; Email:mds-uk@mds-foundation.org) so that we can send you an information pack and assist with any immediate issues or queries you may have.