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Welcome to The Cardiac Support Group Nottingham
In September 1990 the idea of a cardiac support
group was first conceived by members of staff who were working on the
cardiac rehabilitation programme at the City Hospital Nottingham. Tracey
Riley was a staff nurse working in the Coronary Care Unit and on the
cardiac rehabilitation programme which was in its infancy at that time.
Tracey, along with Judy Briggs who was the Occupational Therapy Manager
at the City Hospital, were the people who not only helped to set up the
cardiac rehabilitation programme at the hospital but also saw the
potential of forming a self help group.
It was with this in mind that Tracey contacted four patients who had
previously been on the cardiac rehabilitation course, at the City
Hospital in Nottingham. also members of the self help team in Nottingham
were invited to a meeting of all the parties concerned. It was agreed
with these four patients that a self help group would be beneficial to
patients who were recovering from heart problems. It was from these
small beginnings that The Cardiac Support Group Nottingham was born.
After several meetings a plan of action was formulated and the first
official meeting took place in February 1991. This meeting was held in
the occupational therapy department located at the City hospital.
However after a couple of years the group had outgrown these premises
and it was at this time we moved to our present venue at the Sherwood
Hall.
The Objective
The basic object of the Cardiac Support Group
is to boost the morale of both patient and their family by providing
support, guidance and advice so that together, they can face the future
with confidence and understanding.
The Aims:
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Establish and maintain
contact with patients who have heart problems, and their
families. |
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Offer mutual support. |
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Provide on going advice and
guidance from professional speakers at monthly meetings. |
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Arrange social
events. |
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Support cardiac rehabilitation
programmes for the benefit of cardiac patients. |
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Make donations or contributions
toward the cost of special items of equipment etc, for the
cardiac units of the main Nottingham hospitals. |
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