Tag Archives: nhs

Lost For Words

So for those that know me well, the title of this blog is really not me, rarely do I find myself “Lost For Words”. Tomorrow however I have a consultation with my Surgeon Mr Steve Pandey of NHS Worcester Royal Hospital, in 2016 he confirmed my diagnosis of Bowel Cancer, on the day of myContinueContinue reading “Lost For Words”

An NHS Worth Fighting For

An NHS worth fighting for? A little over a year ago I was successfully diagnosed and underwent surgery for bowel cancer, due to the location of my cancer my eight and a half hour operation involved removal of my rectum some re routing of pipe work and a new hole being created in my tummyContinueContinue reading “An NHS Worth Fighting For”

An NHS to be proud of

 While good news stories rarely make the headlines, Oaks Barn Farm’s Wayne Smith as a follow on from his recent article in the Farmers Guardian, Wayne was video interviewed on Wednesday by Susan Kirkpatrick Senior Researcher from The University of Oxford as part of the Inquire Research Project.   INQUIRE (Improving NHS quality usingContinueContinue reading “An NHS to be proud of”

Farming with a bag

Welcome and thanks for dropping by and reading, as the title suggests, I’m a farmer my name is Wayne 47 and now a bowel cancer survivor with a bag.  My surgery involved removal of the cancer with the loss of my rectum, re routing my bowel through my stomach and the creation of a stomaContinueContinue reading “Farming with a bag”