Our daughter-in-law spent a few weeks at Penn Ward in October last year. She was diagnosed with a rare Sarcoma Cancer in February previous year. Sadly, while she was at Penn Ward in October, she was told there was no more they could do for her. Her partner and their two young children were devasted and heartbroken, as were her family. I cannot thank the staff team at Penn Ward enough for all the care and support they gave our daughter-in-law and our son and grandchildren. Their patience, especially sitting with them, chatting, and giving hugs when needed, was above and beyond. Nothing was too much trouble. They made the children so welcome!
I want to thank Anna Mawbey, who went above and beyond her role to support the whole family. Our daughter-in-law's final wish was to be home for her final days and get home before her son's 7th birthday so he could share his birthday with his mum one last time. This looked very unlikely as there was an issue getting a stretcher through the flat door due to where the flat was in the block. Getting her home was not happening. Anna took ownership of the problems and sorted all this out. She worked so hard to make sure she could get back home quickly, including going on the ambulance with her, as she was so stressed with it all. I am not ashamed to say I cried when I heard what Anna had done to make this happen.