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LouiseBayne

Happy New Year

Posted by LouiseBayne Ovacome
31 Dec 2011

Hello everyone,

All the team at Ovacome would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy new year. For some it will a year with challenges, but we are grateful to our wonderful members, so we can all face the year ahead secure in the knowledge that we have the love ...

JackArnold

Happy New Year!

Posted by JackArnold Ovacome
6 Jan 2011

The Ovacome office is open again and already we're back in the swing of things!

First up is the initial meeting of our younger women's support network happening in central London on the 19th January at 6pm. Ovacome is aware of the specific need to support young women with a diagnosis ...

RuthG

Ovacome fundraising evening on October 27!

Posted by RuthG Ovacome
20 Oct 2010

A fabulous evening of live music, dancing and great food has been organised by ROCC Sue Martensz to raise money for Ovacome.

Sue lives in Croydon, London and works in the duty free zone at Gatwick Airport. She has used all her skills, friends and contacts to put together a great ...

RuthPayne

Study Day

Posted by RuthPayne Ovacome
15 Oct 2010

Study Day at the Royal Marsden Hospital.
Latha and I were fortunate enough to attend a study day at the Royal Marsden Hospital about gynaecological cancers on Monday. Although it was not just about ovarian cancer it did cover other gynaecolgical cancers which we sometimes get phone calls ...

LouiseBayne

Christmas is coming!

Posted by LouiseBayne Ovacome
21 Sep 2010

Well, as much as I hate hearing Jingle Bells as I do my weekly shop in September, there is simply no getting away from Christmas in the office. Not that we are all whistling carols as we work you understand, rather that September sees the arrival of the Ovacome Christmas cards.

In ...

RuthG

Two new ROCCs!

Posted by RuthG Ovacome
11 Aug 2010

I had a really good day last Thursday (August 5) training two new ROCCs in our London office. They had lots to say about how ovarian cancer had affected their lives and were full of new insights, which is very inspiring.

They are Kiran Singh who lives in Harrow and runs her own ...

Innovating nursing for patient centred care.

Posted by LathaKan
12 Jul 2010

I attended the above conference,organised by the National Forum of Gynaecological Oncology Nurses at the beginning of the month. I was humbled by the level of committment of the group of clinical gynae nurse specialists who,not only organised the above conference;
they also organised an ...

Channel 4 programme re: palliative care.

Posted by LathaKan
29 Jun 2010


Are you looking after an elderly relative or someone with a terminal illness?
Do you worry about the care they’re getting in hospital or at home?
Channel 4 is making a programme about care for the elderly and terminally ill.
If you are a friend, relative or carer of ...

RuthPayne

Ovarian Cancer Study

Posted by RuthPayne Ovacome
18 Jun 2010

Last week I made the journey north to Huddersfield to attend a nurses study day on ovarian cancer. The whole day was taken up with many different aspects of ovarian cancer. There were talks from a Pathologist, a Gynae/oncology surgeon, an Oncologist and a Radiologist to name but a few. The ...

LouiseBayne

Members day 2010

Posted by LouiseBayne Ovacome
22 May 2010

Well the day has dawned - Members day 2010.

Each year we look forward to welcoming members from across the country to a day of information, sharing, learning, support and fun. This year's programme looks likely to deliver this, and more in spades. The NCVO is in a beautiful ...

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