Gemma Melisi, Play Specialist at the Royal London Hospital, has some tips for parents on how to help prepare your child for a hospital visit… Preparing a child for hospital is very important, so that you all know what to expect. The thought might be worrying for...
Have you ever had an operation? I have. By the time I reached my fifth birthday I had undergone more operations than most people would experience in their entire lifetime. I know it sounds terrible when you put it that way but to me it was normal. I thought everyone...
Our young CHECT Ambassadors have been busy this month unveiling newly refurbished Vision Express stores across the UK. Ten-year-old Tom Ellington from Buckinghamshire, who was diagnosed with retinoblastoma (Rb) at two year’s old, was guest of honour this week,...
Vision Express has unveiled its newly refurbished Hounslow store with help from a special guest – childhood eye cancer survivor Drew-Alexander Wisdom-Murray, who was just 18 months old when he had life-saving surgery to remove his right eye. In August 2012, Shepperton...
A seven-year-old from north London has been given a prestigious award in recognition of the commitment she has shown in helping other young cancer survivors. Erin Gentry was diagnosed with retinoblastoma when she was two years old. She needed lifesaving surgery to...
