Bill & Carolyn Bill Simmons, 49 from Gosforth, was admitted to St Oswald’s Inpatient Ward mid January 2006. Bill is diagnosed with Prostate Cancer and has been told they are unable to operate on him. He has received Radiotherapy and is waiting to see what effect that has had. Bill...

Andrew & Carol Andrew’s mum, Carol, died in March 2006 after fighting breast cancer for almost three years. Andrew explains: “Mum originally came to the Hospice as a day treatment patient in the Lymphoedema Clinic. It wasn’t until around October last year that she was...

Day Hospice patient Joyce Guy, from Birtley, recently ran the Foresters Nun Run to raise funds for our Children’s Service. Joyce visits our Day Hospice every Friday and has done so for the last year. She was diagnosed with lung cancer 18 months ago and had lost hope before coming to...

John Grinsell, a retired architect from Killingworth has been visiting St Oswald’s Day Hospice every Wednesday for the last three and a half years. John was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) thirteen years ago and was referred to St Oswald’s by his MND Specialist...

Huge congratulations to Day Hospice patient Joanne Cairns, from Ashington, who recently graduated from Tyne Metropolitan College, with a HNC in Computing. Joanne, aged 23, has been coming to Day Hospice on a Friday for the last three years and is our youngest Day Hospice patient. ...