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Thursday, February 3, 2017
A column of support for Chichester
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@ Deemed “The Biggest Ever Graylingwell Park Party Success!” by the Chichester Observer (July 14, 2016) with over 3,000 visitors. Join us this year as a stall holder to make this event an even greater success! When: Saturday 8th July 2017 - 12:00 to 4:00pm Where: Graylingwell Park, Chichester po19 6pq Stall Cost: Free to charities and not for profits, £25 for stall holders, £50 for food retailers To book a stall call 01243 697072 or info@chichestercdt.org.uk
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THE iconic and towering water tower in reinvesting profits to create long-term Chichester, part of the historic Graylingwell economic, social and environmental benefits. THey run two buildings near the centre of Hospital, is set to become the new home of Chichester, including THe Lodge, Graylingwell, Chichester Community Development Trust. THe Chichester Community Development and the Community Hall, Roussillon Park, Trust (CCDT) is a local charity devoted to which can be hired for community events, empowering people by developing skills business meetings and private parties. Set up in 2009, CCDT is a relatively unknown and supporting projects that create local service in Chichester, perhaps due opportunities, employment and in part to the location of its offices build community spirit. in a restricted access zone in the From youth projects aimed at development in Graylingwell Park. getting kids out of the house, to The Chichester However, with news of their new organising a tutor to help older Community location CCDT hopes that this will members of the community build soon change. their IT skills, CCDT are playing Development THe water tower is being extended an increasingly important role in Trust aim to and developed to contain a new community life in Chichester. office space that will be home to THe Chichester Community help support CCDT and a brand-new volunteer Development Trust aim to help Chichester and its , sector hub, set up in partnership support Chichester and its community in its aspirations and community in its with Chichester City Council, with hot desks that can be hired by local hopes. aspirations charities, voluntary sector groups, THeir work includes creating and hopes. home workers and budding charity opportunities for people, young and start-ups that can’t afford an office old, to learn and develop their skills, yet. and reaching out to those who may THe water tower has long since been a be excluded or disadvantaged THey also want to help people set up powerful image associated with Chichester community organisations that can tackle the and its people. THe team at CCDT hope to add community’s needs and represent its interests as to this perspective with their dedication to the well as encouraging community organisations local community. to engage and create discussion with other local To find out more or to get involved with the agencies that affect local people’s lives. CCDT also owns and manages community Chichester Community Development Trust buildings and land, safe-guarding these visit www.chichestercdt.org.uk or call them important spaces for communities, and on 01243 697072.
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NUFFIELD HEALTH CHICHESTER REVEALS LENGTH-OF-STAY DOWN OVER A THIRD NEW data released by Nuffield Health Chichester Hospital show the length-of-stay for orthopaedic surgery has declined by forty per cent in the past decade. The figures relate to patients undergoing a total hip or knee replacement. The length-of-stay for a total hip replacement has declined 42 per cent from an average six night stay in 2006 to threeand-a-half nights in 2015. For total knee replacement the decline has been equally as dramatic, down from 5.8 nights in 2006 to 3.5 nights in 2015, a reduction of 40 per cent. Mr Richard Hill, Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon at Nuffield Health Chichester Hospital said, “The past ten years have seen changes in the technology and techniques used for orthopaedic surgery which have reduced the need for lengthy hospital stays and
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improved recovery times. Incisions have become smaller and there been a reduction in the amount of trauma to the area around the joint by leaving tendons intact and sparing tissue.” Nuffield Health Chichester Hospital has been performing orthopaedic surgery for 24 years and in 2015, helped improve the lives of 1,494 patients through orthopaedic interventions. Sarah Currier, Physiotherapy Manager at the Hospital said, “In Chichester we see patients with all sorts of conditions each year; people with arthritis following sports injuries, those who have developed painful joints due to osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis and those with congenital abnormalities. The types of treatments we’re able to provide today were merely pipedreams a
generation ago.” Earlier this year Nuffield Health revealed a dramatic rise in the number of hip and knee replacements in those under 55. The rise is attributed partly to the Baby Boomer generation seeking treatment to maintain active lives. Nuffield Health Medical Director Geoff Graham said, “Nuffield Health has been involved in some of the most important developments in orthopaedic surgery. Our hospital in Oxford was an early home for the development of the Oxford Knee which was pioneered forty years ago this year - now used the world over. More recently surgeons working in our hospitals have begun using a new technique for hip replacement, which can mean patients are up walking in a matter of hours after surgery.”
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