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<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">As runners up from last year, Harvey Nash Birmingham are again entering the Birmingham Childrens Hospital Dragon Boat Race to help raise money and awareness for the Birminghm Childrens Hospital. This year we intend on taking the title :-)</span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">The event is taking place on Saturday 16th June in Brindley Place, Birmingham, so we want to raise as much money as possible!! </span></strong></p>
<p><strong><span style="color: #ff0000;">Please dig deep and donate - any donations are greatly appreciated</span></strong></p>
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<p><strong>Birminghams Children Hospital facts and figures:</strong></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11pt;">·</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span>More than 10% of UK children with cancer are treated by BbcbBCH</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11pt;">·</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span>The 3 most common types of childhood cancer are leukaemia, brain tumours and lymphoma. These account for 66% of all children’s cancers</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11pt;">·</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span>Cancer is the commonest cause of death in children in the UK</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11pt;">·</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span>More than 200 new cases of childhood cancer are diagnosed each year in BCH</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11pt;">·</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span>On average 1 child every week is diagnosed with leukaemia in BCH</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11pt;">·</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span>Leukaemia is the most common type of childhood cancer accounting for about one third</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Children receiving treatment for leukaemia can require over 3 years of chemotherapy</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11pt;">·</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span>Most patients with leukaemia treated at BCH visit our unit over 100 times during their treatment</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11pt;">·</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span>For every 10 children diagnosed with cancer almost 8 now survive</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11pt;">·</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span>Our 25-bedded ward is always full</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11pt;">·</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span>Award-winning dedicated unit for teenagers with cancer opened in December 2009</p>
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<p class="msolistparagraph" style="text-indent: -18pt;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11pt;">·</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span>Society of Parents of Children with Cancer was formed in BCH in 1985</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11pt;">·</span></span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt;"> </span></span>BCH works in partnership with 7 shared care centres across the West Midlands to enable children to receive some of their cancer treatment closer to home</p>
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