The official twitter page for the Cystic Fibrosis Nursing Team at Birmingham Children's Hospital @BWC_NHS. All tweets by the Cystic Fibrosis Nursing Team.
This FeBrewary we are challenging staff at HQ to see if they can throw a teabag into the new FeBrewary mug! Try challenging your friends or work colleagues at your own tea party!
Check out our fundraising packs, and receive 10% off on our FeBrewary shop! ow.ly/4FTx50QxOlX
The Your life and CF survey is back and we want to hear from you!
Last year, 1000 of you told us about your experience of life with CF.
Because of you, we were able to continue to campaign for long-lasting and meaningful change.
➡️ surveymonkey.com/r/YLCF24
The Cystic Fibrosis Trust are excited to tell you about a 6-week Coding for Beginners online course for children with CF and their brothers and sisters ages 6-10. The workshops will start on 19/2/24, and will run every Monday 5-7pm until 25/3/24
cfyouth@cysticfibrosis.org.uk
Really pleased to share the pre-print for our manuscript looking at ETI therapy on the gut microbiome in pwCF!
medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/…
This concludes the work from my PhD - a huge thanks to my supervisory team @ChrisvanderGast@DWRivett@AlanRSmyth
And of course…
Thank you @CFKidsUK for funding this travel nebuliser it will make life a little easier! @CF_Foundation@CFAware@cftrust So much time each day is taken up with preventative therapies this will help cut down a little time each day and mean we sometimes manage to arrive on time!!
We have been made aware that there are ongoing issues with Creon 10,000 access, we have been informed there has been delivery this week and there should be next week, stock should be coming back into supply via pharmacies today @CFAware@cftrust@CF_dietitians@NHSL_Dietetics
The Youth Advisory Group have a new logo! "We're a group of people aged 14-25 with CF, or with a close family connection to someone with CF. We work on our own projects to solve problems we see children with CF facing." To get involved email - cfyouth@cysticfibrosis.org.uk
📣 Calling all CF parents!
We’re developing our support for families following their baby’s #cysticfibrosis diagnosis, and we’re asking for your help. (1/4)
Following NICE's statement today, our Chief Executive, David Ramsden, has shared the following video, giving an update on where things stand.
You can read the statement from NICE here.
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Our Chief Executive, David Ramsden, shares his perspective following NICE's announcement on Friday.
You can submit your feedback to the NICE consultation today.
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You can also read our updated FAQs on our website now.
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Please everyone take time to read this and retweet. Finley already has access to the drug they are now stopping the younger generation from having due to greed of Vertex! It has been a game changer for finley and all the cfers behind him deserve the same! 💛
Been chatting to a lad this morning who’s little fella has Cystic Fibrosis, as you all know this is close to my heart, please can you all take time and sign this below for the support to allow ALL CF patients to receive medical treatment, please get behind this… would me the world to me and the family!! Thank you!! #SupportCF#FW 💜
actionnetwork.org/forms/cf-d…