Gerry Linstead

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Around 70,000 people in the UK are living with pulmonary fibrosis. We support those affected, raise awareness and fund research to find a cure. Our four themes are: Support - to advocate for patients and to provide support to improve their quality of life and to develop collaborative partnerships to help fund patient-focused support programmes Research - to support research into improved outcomes and greater understanding of the disease and to champion research programmes Education - to undertake targeted awareness raising of the disease, amongst the medical profession, decision-makers and the wider public Campaigning - to proactively target parliamentarians, NHS and policy-makers and to represent patient interests with NICE and the NHS and to target symptom recognition in primary care for prompt diagnosis
Charity Registration No. 1152399

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Tapping House believes in living life to the end and bringing joy to patient’s lives. We work with everyone as an individual, supporting them on each step of their journey through our outpatient unit, our inpatient unit, and in their own homes to live a good life and achieve a good death, in their place of choice. We also work with families along the way and offer bereavement support. We are a charity and the only independent Hospice in this part of the UK, which enables us to deliver the most compassionate, dynamic and proactive end-of-life care. As such we are a centre of clinical excellence in the region and further afield, recognised at the forefront of education in palliative care for over 40 years.
Charity Registration No. 1062800