Seasons greetings from all of us here at The Lee Spark NF Foundation. We wish you a joyful and peaceful Christmas and a prosperous 2021! seasons-greetings We also wanted to say a huge 'Thank You!' for all of your support, through fundraising, donations and raising awareness. Even though 2020 has been a very [...]
One of the aims of The Lee Spark Necrotising Fasciitis (NF) Foundation is to help the medical profession gain a better understanding of how NF develops, how it can be identified early, and how it can be treated. We were selected to be part of a five year EU programme working with seven European countries. [...]
We were excited yesterday to take part in the latest Group A Streptococcus working party. Working alongside the fantastic Marina Morgan and the Healthcare Infection Society, we were proud to represent our survivors and families of the bereaved of NF. Our place on the group is to make sure that the patient experience is considered [...]
A Devon mum whose daughter developed nf (flesh-eating bug) on Christmas Day is backing RD&E shoebox appeal The impact coronavirus will have on family Christmases in Devon this year pales into insignificance when compared with children who have to spend Christmas in hospital. Last Christmas Day, Cranbrook mum-of-two Kate Jones had to rush her then [...]
We were hugely honoured to be invited back to this year's Group A Strep Working Group. Due to COVID-19, the meeting was held on-line and this proved an effective way for us all to meet. It was fascinating to hear the updates from experts and professionals in the scientific world, and our role there was [...]