Thursday, December 1, 2022
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YOUNG CHILD’S OPS CANCELLED By Dominic Robertson
A mother has voiced her frustration after her four-year-old son’s operation was cancelled twice at short notice – once just an hour before it was due to take place. Lisa Leneveu, 44, from Lawley, Telford, said that her son Albert is awaiting the removal of his adenoids and a tonsillectomy. The youngster is due to have the operation at Princess Royal Hospital in Telford, in an attempt to solve a problem where he repeatedly suffers from tonsillitis – and is almost constantly on antibiotics. She said the issue causes severe problems with Albert’s sleep, with the youngster frequently waking up several times in the night. She said that as well as the frustration over the delay to getting his issues sorted, there was also the disruption caused to arrangements to look after other members of the family. Mrs Leneveu has six children and said her husband, who works in Tamworth, had taken time off for the operations to ensure they could look after their other children and get them to school. They have received a fresh date for the operation, although she
Lisa Leneveu and her son Albert, who is awaiting his operation said the hospital had again told her it was not guaranteed. The first operation had been due to take place in October, and was cancelled the evening before. The most recent was scheduled for Monday, November 21, but was cancelled
just an hour before because no beds were available. Mrs Leneveu said they are desperate to get the treatment done, with Albert also old enough to understand what is happening. She said: “He is quite excited
about it because he knows how poorly he gets and it does make him very upset.” She said there was also the difficulty of mentally preparing themselves for Albert to undergo an operation which requires a general anaesthetic. She said: “It is frustrating. Everything you put into it and mentally prepare yourself and then it doesn’t happen.” She added: “I understand that you can never say if there will be emergencies but to me if you have things like that, especially with children, you would think there is a plan in action that if you are massively busy there is some way of preventing it.” Hayley Flavell, Executive Director of Nursing at The Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust, said: “While we cannot comment on individual cases, we would like to apologise for the cancellation of this planned procedure on two occasions. We want to reassure patients that we are doing everything we can to minimise the number of operations that require rescheduling. “We are working hard to provide safe and effective care whilst facing significant winter pressures and delays due to the impact of the pandemic.”
Climate plan leading way A report by food and farming charity Sustain recognises Telford & Wrekin Council as a national leader when it comes to climate action around food. The Every Mouthful Counts report highlights that six in 10 councils omit food and farming from their climate plans. It says the best councils have plans to support sustainable farming, tackle food waste and buy higher standard food for schools. Out of nearly 200 local authorities analysed across the UK, only 21 councils – including Telford & Wrekin – were found to have made significant advances in their climate, nature and food strategies.
Customers help charity A community in Telford has been thanked for raising almost £300 in one day for Macmillan Cancer Support. Staff at the charity’s local branch turned to their friends at the Rotary Club of Wrekin who took part in a bucket collection at Tesco superstore in Madeley last Friday. Volunteers from the rotary club collected donations from shoppers throughout the day and managed to raise a total of £286.17p for the charity. Sue Harris of the Rotary Club of Wrekin said: “At least 75 per cent of Tesco customers made donations. It just seemed to be such a friendly, giving and generous community.”
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