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A Macmillan advice worker based at Wythenshawe Hospital who has helped ease the money worries for people affected by cancer by securing extra benefits, is retiring to the sun after 10 years service.
Glenn Dawson, 58, is a member of a Macmillan team dedicated to helping people secure government grants and benefits to help reduce the financial problems caused by a cancer diagnosis.
He devoted his days to help Manchester residents receive the support they need, after losing his wife Emma, 58, to bowel cancer in 2011, and experiencing money worries first hand.
Since then he has personally secured more than £16 million in benefits for people affected by cancer through working for the service, based at North Manchester General Hospital, Manchester Royal Infirmary and University Hospital of South Manchester in Wythenshawe.
He said: “The role of a benefits advisor is very important, as more and more people are being diagnosed with cancer every day. In a lot of cases some people have never claimed benefits before, or never thought they would have to, and that’s when we can help support them and secure the benefits or grants they are entitled to.
“I will really miss being part of the Macmillan advice team in Manchester, which provides such a vital service. But I feel a real sense of achievement, to not only have helped raise more than £16 million in benefits for people affected by cancer, but to know the service we provide has such a massive impact on their lives.”
Glenn, who has two children and a grandchild, and was part of the team that started the Macmillan Benefits Helpline, is retiring to Portugal with his wife, Linda, where he plans to work in property management and run karaoke nights in their local bar.
Richard Hunt, Macmillan Partnership Manager for Greater Manchester, added: “I’d like to thank Glenn for his unwavering and dedicated support, both professionally and personally, over the last 10 years. He has been a fantastic asset to the team, and a great ambassador for Macmillan, and he has helped provide vital financial support and advice to thousands of people affected by cancer in Manchester, when they have needed it most.”
The Macmillan Advice Service in Manchester, which is provided by Manchester City Council and funded by Macmillan Cancer Support, works to help address the financial needs of people affected by cancer.
It was launched in 2006 and has raised more than £52 million in extra benefits for people affected by cancer over the past decade.
For further advice, or to make an appointment to see an advisor, contact North Manchester General Hospital on 0161 922 3517, Manchester Royal Infirmary on 0161 276 3244 / 3246 or University Hospital of South Manchester on 0161 291 4931 / 2165.
Junior doctors at Wythenshawe Hospital braved appalling weather this morning as they began their fourth strike in protest at government plans for a new contract.
As pickets were pelted with rain and hail, local doctor’s union rep, Joe Cohen insisted spirits were not dampened and strikers were determined to win their fight with the government.
As well as this week’s strike and prospect of an all-out strike later this month, the government is facing two legal challenges to the imposition of the new contract, which will see doctors paid less for working weekends.
The government says the changes are needed to improve care at weekends and create a “seven-day service” – a claim disputed by the doctors’ union the British Medical Association.
And Manchester Trades Union Council, which represents unions throughout the city, invites everyone who wants to support the junior doctors to a meeting at the Mechanics Institute on Princess Street on Thursday April 7 at 6.30pm.
The meeting has been called to discuss the setting up support groups of trade unionists, patients and local residents from communities around all the Manchester and Trafford hospitals.
And Mr Cohen, a BMA representative at the Wythenshawe Hospital urged local people to lobby MPs and apply political pressure on the government.
Currently, junior doctors are paid more for working unsocial hours at night or at the weekend, but under the imposed new contracts, the Saturday day shift will be paid at a normal rate in return for a rise in basic pay.
The legal challenges to the contracts come from the BMA and the NHS staff campaign group, Just Health, who both say the contracts have been imposed unfairly and without proper consultation.
In a statement on Just Health’s website set up to raise cash for the legal action, they say: “Our independent action challenges the legality of the Health Secretary’s decision to impose the contract itself; whether he has any legal power to make the decision and whether it has any legal effect.
“Both legal cases complement each other in holding the Government to account on its strategies for decision making on NHS policy and patient care.”
Bosses at Wythenshawe Hospital say patients needing urgent or emergency care will continue to be seen and treated as quickly as possible.
Deputy Chief Executive of the University Hospital of South Manchester NHS Foundation Trust, which runs Wythenshawe Hospital, Silas Nicholls, said: “Any patient scheduled to have treatment at UHSM on Wednesday 6th April or Thursday 7th April and directly affected by this planned industrial action will have been notified of plans. All postponed appointment or operations will be rearranged. If you have a query regarding your appointment please call 0161 291 5197.”
Junior doctors at Wythenshawe Hospital will be on strike again tomorrow as Manchester unions urge local people to rally in support of the medics.
The doctors will walk out at 8am in a 48 hour strike in protest at the government imposing a new contract which is claimed will put patient safety at risk.
And Manchester Trades Union Council, which represents unions throughout the city, invites everyone who wants to support the junior doctors to a meeting at the Mechanics Institute on Princess Street on Thursday April 7 at 6.30pm.
The meeting has been called to discuss the setting up support groups of trade unionists, patients and local residents from communities around all the Manchester and Trafford hospitals. Continue reading “Manchester unions urge support for striking junior doctors”
Doctors at Wythenshawe Hospital are beginning their third strike this morning, this time for 48 hours, over plans by the government to impose a new contract which they claim will put patients at risk.
Operations will be cancelled at the hospital – but medics are once again providing emergency cover.
The government says the new contract is required to provide a “seven day NHS”, but doctors’ union the British Medical Association, claims patient safety will be compromised by stretching the existing staffing.
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