Coventry & North Warwickshire Prostate Cancer Support Group
Coventry & North Warwickshire Prostate Cancer Support Group
Serving Coventry, Nuneaton, Hinckley and Rugby areas

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News and Recent events (Page 4)

Prostate Cancer Awareness Event at St Finbarr's - Saturday 9th June

Prostate Cancer Awareness Event at St Finbarr's - Saturday 9th June

09/06/18

This event at St Finbarr's Sports and Social Club was a great success - we tested 67 men! This was excellent, especially since it was only 3 weeks since our last event (in Willenhall). Our thanks are due to the manager, John Coyle, and all our volunteers who created such a helpful and friendly atmosphere…

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Coventry & North Warwickshire Prostate Cancer Support Group Open Meeeting - Thursday 7th June

Coventry & North Warwickshire Prostate Cancer Support Group Open Meeeting - Thursday 7th June

07/06/18

This meeting of the C&NW PCSG was held at the Ambleside Community Sports Club in Nuneaton on Thursday 7th June at 7:30. The meeting was well attended, and it was particularly nice to see two members who have been absent from the group for quite a while due to ill health. We had an informal and constructive exchange of experiences…

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UHCW Support Group Meeting on Monday 4th June

UHCW Support Group Meeting on Monday 4th June

04/06/18

The latest UHCW Support Group meeting was well attended. Dr Darmesh Patel, a member of the Urology team gave us a well illustrated talk on the da Vinci Robot with particular reference to radical prostatectomies. There was an excellent opportunity to ask questions relating to the operation itself as well as the recovery stages…

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Prostate Cancer Awareness Event at Willenhall Social Club

Prostate Cancer Awareness Event at Willenhall Social Club

19/05/18

This event at Willenhall Social Club was a great success - we tested 92 men! It was unusual in that we had no rush early on - just a steady flow of local men arriving, even up to the last minute. It certainly made it easier for us, as well as making time for many interesting conversations along the way…

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AGM of the Prostate Cancer Support Association (Central England)

AGM of the Prostate Cancer Support Association (Central England)

26/04/18

Our Annual General Meeting was held on Thursday 26th April at 7:30 pm at the Coombe Social Club, Binley, Coventry. It was well attended and our Annual Report was reviewed and discussed. A key concern is how to increase our membership. We hope to welcome new members to our meetings and to help out with our awareness events…

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UHCW Support Group Meeting

UHCW Support Group Meeting

09/04/18

The UHCW Prostate Cancer Support Group met on Monday afternoon on 9th April. We had an excellent talk from Nurse Sarah Roth on Erectile Dysfunction (ED) and its treatments. Sarah runs an ED Clinic at UHCW. Men can be referred to her clinic by Consultants or CNSs attached to the Urology and Oncology Departments…

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Prostate Cancer Awareness Event - Saturday 17th March

Prostate Cancer Awareness Event - Saturday 17th March

17/03/18

Our recent awareness event on 17th March at the Windmill Sports and Social Club, Hartshill, Nuneaton was a great success. News of the event had spread throughout the local community by social media and by word of mouth. This resulted in an excellent turn-out (on a very cold day), and we tested 150 men…

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Prostate Cancer Awareness Event - Saturday 10th February

Prostate Cancer Awareness Event - Saturday 10th February

10/02/18

Sheila Purnell prepares to take a blood sample from a relaxed Bill Tipple. Our recent awareness event at St Finbarr's Sports and Social Club was a great success. We tested 93 men and helped to raise awareness of the risks of prostate cancer among the Coventry community. A significant number of men had heard about this session from those that attended one of our earlier events at St Finbarr's…

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Steve Cragg

Steve Cragg

10/01/18

Steve Cragg (2nd from left) presents Brian and Sheila Cooley with a cheque for £912.73. Steve featured a multi-coloured mohican hair style throughout Movember and raised this money from his generous friends and work colleagues. We are very grateful to Steve and all who helped him raise this enormous sum…

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UHCW Support Group

UHCW Support Group

05/12/17

This event was well attended, and in addition to the usual hospitality, we were rewarded with mince pies! We welcomed Sue Boyes who works for Prostate Cancer UK (PC UK); Sue is part of a team dedicated to the development of prostate cancer support groups throughout the country. She gave us an excellent talk in which she emphasised the importance of patient-led support groups, and the benefits of men with prostate cancer getting together to discuss their experiences and provide mutual support…

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Prostate Health Awareness Events

Our next Prostate Health Awareness event will be held on Saturday 12th April at the Mary Forryan Centre, leicester Road, Hinckley, LE10 1LW. As usual we continue to use the Graham Fulford online booking system. As a result our events run smoothly with minimal queuing and adequate social distancing. See Coming Events for more detail.

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Coventry & North Warwickshire Prostate Cancer Support Group is part of the Prostate Cancer Support Association (Central England)

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