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Every day in the UK, 6 teenagers or young people (between the ages of 13 and 24) will find out they have cancer, that’s 2,200 new cases a year.
Teenage Cancer Trust builds specialist units in NHS hospitals where teenagers and young adults can be treated with others their own age. There are currently nine around the UK but the aim is to give every young person with cancer in this country access to a unit – which means having a total of 22 units by 2012. Each unit costs over £2million to build and equip and TCT has to raise all of this money.
TCT units are not like ordinary hospital wards. Instead, they provide teenagers with an environment where they can get on with being teenagers. At the same time, patients are provided with the best possible medical treatment in a recognised centre of excellence.
Teenagers and young people are consulted to help design and create these special units. As well as superior medical facilities they have day rooms, kitchens, chill-out rooms and, where possible, gardens where patients can relax and feel at home. There are computers with internet access, pool tables, Playstations, satellite TV, musical instruments – normal things that all teenagers should be able to enjoy. The set-up of the units also makes it easier for family and friends to visit, with warm and friendly communal areas and no restricted visiting hours.
Most importantly, the units provide an environment where teenagers and young adults with cancer can meet others their age who are going through the same experience and provide support for one another.
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