Epsom Guardian, January 25, 2018

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Thursday,January25,2018
Fight to make drug
free for all on NHS
Reporter Nowat16,Jessicaisoneof INSIDE
SophieJones thefewtobegivenOrkambi,
sophie.jones@london. anewprecisionmedicinefor
newsquest.co.uk cystic fibrosis, on compas- A new you for
sionategroundsbythephar-
maceutical company Vertex
A Tadworth mum is fight- whichcreatedit. the new year
ing for a “lifesaving” cystic Sharondescribesthedrug
fibrosisdrugtobeavailable as“lifesaving”andsaidJes-
ontheNHSafterherdaugh- sicahasimprovedsincetak-
tersufferedirreversiblelung ingit.
damage. However,Jessicawasonly
Mum-of-three Sharon givenitbecauseshewasso
Cranfield, whose 16-year-old ill – the lung damage she’s
daughter Jessica has cystic enduredisirreversible.
fibrosis, said she doesn’t “Imaginetryingtobreathe
know long she will live, through a straw,” said Sha-
somethingshe’sbeenaware ron. “You will always feel
of since she was just nine- likeyou’resuffocating.That
years-old. iswhatit’slike.”
Diagnosed as a baby at Sharon hopes that if
threemonths,Jessicasome- enough people sign the pe-
times had to spend months tition, other children will
atatimeinhospitalbecause be able to receive Orkambi
shewassosick. before they get permanent
Sharon said: “One time damage. Pages21to28
whenJessicawasinhospital Currently, children with
shemadefriendswithalittle cystic fibrosis take a cock-
girlherownage;theywaved tail of medicines such as
at each other through the steroids, antibiotics, and di- PM’s praise for
window.” gestive enzymes, drugs that
The girl also had Cystic widentheairways,anddrugs
Fibrosis, and sadly passed thatthinthemucus. top fundraiser
away. They will usually have to
“Mydaughterwenttoher have physiotherapy to help
funeral when she was only clearthelungsandusenebu-
tenyearsold.Imaginebeing liserstohelpwithbreathing.
tenyearsoldandseeingthat Currently, fewer than 50
tinycasketwithpinkflowers percentof peoplewithcyst-
allover? icfibrosiswilllivetoreach
“WhatcouldIhavedone? their40s.
She wanted to say goodbye Thepetitionhasmorethan
toherfriend,andhermother 50,000 signatures since be-
put her letter on top of the inglaunchedonWednesday
coffin.” night(January17).
Jessica was never able to Whenitreaches100,000it
have any physical contact willbeconsideredfordebate
with her friend because of inParliament.
theriskof passingeachoth- Sign the petition at peti- Page5
erinfectionsthatonlyharm tion.parliament.uk/peti-
peoplewithCysticFibrosis. tions/209455 JessicaCranfield-Smith,16,hasCysticFibrosisandistakingOrkambi
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Thursday,January25,2018 News 3
Planned hike
for parking
MoleValleyDistrictCouncil
isproposingtoincreasepark-
ingchargesfrom60pto£1per
hourfromAugust.
Councillor David Mir, ex-
ecutivememberforenviron-
mentandparkingsaid:“We
understandsomepeoplewill
beconcernedbytheincrease
but,havingsuccessfullyheld
parking fees at a very low
ratesince2009,thetimehas
come to bring them in line
withcomparableareas.”
Headdedthatthecouncil
will be providing some free
parking bays in the Swan
Centre in Leatherhead and
inAshteadandsaidthenew
parking increase was still
competitive.
Top employer
TheRoyalAutomobileClub,
which employs 220 people
at its Epsom clubhouse and
grounds,hasbeenrecognised
asoneof thebestemployers
inthecountry.
Following an assessment
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mitment to investing in our
team and striving for excel-
lenceasanemployer.”
The Royal Automobile
Clubisoneofthetopprivate
members’clubsintheworld
and staff based in Epsom
work in a wide variety of
hospitalityandleisureroles.
Reporter and we thought she was caught,theofficialadviceis sponsible is known to enter the Operation Takahe Team In Woodcote Park, the Club
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grainne.cuffe@london. ing we knew something as possible, especially at If anyonehasanyinforma- 101(quotingOperationTaka- centre, three restaurants,
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“Shewasfounddeadre- aresecure,asthepersonre- ting these offences, contact 555111. bedrooms.
cently,decapitatedandher
death has been linked to
A Tadworth family has paid theUKanimalkiller. epsomguardian.co.uk/news
tributetotheirbelovedpetcat “She was found in Tad-
whoisbelievedtohavebeen wortharea.
killed by the so-called Croy- “Whiskers was a true
donCatKiller. character, me and my
Whisker’s un-timely death mothermisshereveryday.
is another on a list of more “She was our company
than400animaldeathslinked andourbaby.Ican’tbelieve
to a single perpetrator, also howsomebodyisabletodo
knownasTheUKCatKiller. somethinglikethis.”
Thetributefromthefamily Police have offered a
read:“Whiskerswasn’tjusta £10,000 reward for infor-
cat,shewasfamily. mation leading to the
“Shehadsuchabigperson- killer,whohasbeenlinked
alityandIcan’texplainhow to more than 400 animal
muchsheismissed. deathssince2015.
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broken,notforthefactalone working together with
of losingherbutthewayshe SNARLtocatchthekiller.
wastakenfromus. The investigation, called
“Ibegyoualltokeepaclose OperationTakahe,isbased
eyeonyourpetsasyoudon’t out of Croydon and in-
thinkanythinglikethiswould cludespolicefrommultiple
happentoyou. Londonboroughs.
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New search for
Do you have right recipe for book?
TheAshleyCentreiscookinguparecipe
bookwithadifferencethisyear,andyou missing James
don’thavetoalreadybeabestselling
foodauthorlikeJoeWickstojoinin.
Localpeople,youngandold,areaskedto
submitacontributiontothecookbookby
sharingafamilyorfavouriterecipe.
TheAshleyCentreislookingforall
sortsof recipes–breakfasts,lunchesor
dinnersaswellassnacks,puddings,and
70-year-old not been seen for 6 months
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mindedandalsohasalotof independent JamesMiddleton–known andbluetrainers.
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dayonSunday,July2,when Police said: “Jim’s family
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Thursday,January25,2018 News 5
Fundraiser is
praised by PM
Reporter
SophieJones
sophie.jones@london.
newsquest.co.uk
A Epsom dad who took on
marathonstoraisemorethan
£200,000forcharitywhileun-
EndangeredAmurtigersFaceTimewithChessingtonWorldofAdventureskeepers
dergoing chemotherapy has
Face to face time with new tigers been praised by the Prime
Minister.
Kevin Webber was given
onlytwoyearstoliveafterbe-
ZooKeepersatChessingtonWorldof thegroup,isabighousecatatheart, ing diagnosed with prostate
AdventuresResorthavebeenusing whereasthegirlsaremuchmoreplayful cancer and was undergoing
FaceTimetocommunicatewithfour andlittleKalinkaisalwayssneaking chemotherapywhenhetook
endangeredAmurtigersthataresoonto aroundandgettinguptomischief. on the challenge of walk- KevinWebber,right,withSkySportspresenterJeffStelling
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poundhomeatChessington,which interactwiththeirfavouritetoys:car to tremendously difficult Kevinsaid:“SinceIwasdi- honoured in this manner is
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6 News Thursday,January25,2018
Two hurt in crash
Twopeoplehavebeeninjuredfollowinga
crashinEwell.
Thecrash,betweentwocars,happened
atabout10.20amonJanuary23inKing-
stonRoad.
SurreyPolice,SouthEastAmbulance
andSurreyPoliceattended,allof which
havebeencontactedforcomment.
Child poverty stats
Thenumbersof childrenlivinginchild
poverty across south-east London and
northKenthavebeenrevealed.
In some boroughs across south Lon-
don, a third of children are classed as
livinginpoverty,accordingtostatistics
releasedaspartoftheEndChildPoverty
coalition’sChildPovertyMapoftheUK.
In Wandsworth, 17,471 children – or
30.19percent–areclassedaslivingin
poverty while in Merton the figure is
11,689or25.53percent.
Thefurtheroutof Londonyougo,the
lowerthefigures,withElmbridgeandEp-
sombotharound13percent.
TheEndChildPovertyCoalitionsaida
childislivinginpovertyif theyareina
familylivingonlessthan60percentof
themedianhouseholdincome,whichis
around£248perweekafterhousingcosts.
Foracouplewithtwochildrenunder
14,itisaround£347perweek.
TheEndChildPovertyCoalitionsaid
that nationally, the figures also show
thatsomeof themostdeprivedareasof
the UK have seen the biggest increases
inchildpovertysincethecoalition’slast
localchildpovertyfigures,forDecember
2015.
It said increases of 10 percentage
points in some areas demonstrate the
growingcrisisofchildpovertyintheUK.
The National Children’s Bureau’s BBrendaRuansonrerturnsntothehsospita’lthatcphangedaherlifetfolloiwinegasenriousbutrninjutry hanks
chief executiveAnnaFeuchtwangsaid:
“Povertycanholdchildrenbackinmany
differentways.Itcanmeanchildrendon’t
reachagoodlevelof healthordevelop-
ment,dowellinschoolorreachtheirpo-
tentialinemployment.
“The Government has pledged action
throughitssocialmobilitypolicy,butthe
scaleof childpovertythatthisnewdata
reveals,meansweurgentlyneedawider Reporter bythehospitaluntilshewas16. siderable progress in the way ey to fund medical research
commitmentfromacrossGovernmentto SophieJones Mrs Ranson said: “I don’t re- wecareforchildrenwiththese projects, improve hospital en-
improvethelivingstandardsofchildren, [email protected]. memberthepain,butIremember types of injuries now and the vironmentandpurchaseequip-
youngpeopleandfamilies.Inparticular, co.uk myhandsbeingcurledupinaball. drugsthatwehaveavailable,but ment which is outside of the
weneedactiontoaddressthedevastating They took skin grafts from my someof thoseroutinesarestill coreNHSfunding.
impactofbenefitcutsonfamilies,includ- thighstotransplantnewskintomy inplace. MrsRansonadded:“Wehave
ingthosewithdisabledchildren,manyof Aseriousburnspatientmadeanemo- hands.It’samiraclehowtheydid “Whilst children would stay chosen QVH Charity as my
whomarestrugglingtomakeendsmeet.” tionalreturntoQueenVictoriaHos- it. onthewardforalotlongerin LadyCaptainsCharityforPur-
Here’s how south-west London and pitalinEastGrinsteadwhereshewas “Thedaysherewereneversad, the1950s,ouraimnowistoget leyDownsGolfClubthisyear.
northSurrey’sborough’sfared: caredforasachildnearly60years alwayshappy.Iusedtolovecoming themhomeassoonaspossible, “All the money raised
Elmbridge3,965(13.44percent) ago. here.Allthestaffwerelovely. asweknowtheyrecoverbetter will go to the Peanut Ward
Epsom2,203(13.56percent) Brenda Ranson, from Banstead, “We had different activities to inahomeenvironment.” where I have so many happy
Kingston7,390(21.83percent) sustainedsevereburnsonherhands keepusgoinglikemusicandmove- Mrs Ranson recently got in memories.
Merton11,689(25.53percent) from an electric fire when she was menttotheradio. touch with the Queen Victoria “The Ladies of Purley
Richmond5,970(15.25percent) three. “Thatwasalltheentertainment Hospitalasshewantedtofund- Downs are all very motivated
Sutton9,994(21.97percent) Shewastakentothespecialisthos- wehadinthosedays.” raisetogivebacktothehospital toraiseasmuchaswecanfor
Wandsworth17,471(30.19percent) pitalknownforitspioneeringburns Paediatric ward matron, Julie thatmeanssomuchtoher. them.
treatmentandcontinuedtobetreated Baker, said “There has been con- TheQVHCharityraisesmon- “It’sanamazingplace.”
Thursday,January25,2018 News 7
Pensioner, 93,
‘Millions of pounds paid for mistakes’
EpsomandStHelierNHSTrustisstill standardsweexpectandourpatients
payingoutmillionsindamagesandlegal deserve.
feesformedicalblundersdatingbacktwo “Inthosecircumstances,wedonot gets scammed
decades. hesitatetoinvestigatethematterfully
AnalysisfromtheBBCLocalNews andtakestepstoensurethatwecanhelp
PartnershiphasfoundtheTrusthascome topreventasimilarincidentoccurring
12outof258intheUKfortheamountit again.
haspaidoutforhistoricalmistakes-more “Foraverysmallminorityofthepeople
than£4millionoftaxpayers’money. weserve,thisprocessmayinvolvealegal
Nationally,theDepartmentofHealth claim.
(DoH)haspaidout£152milliontovictims “Althoughthesefiguresdatebackto Police appeal for help after £3.2k taken
ofmistakesmadebeforeApril1995. incidentsmorethan23yearsago,we
Historicalhospitalfailingsduring areverysorrythatanypatientortheir
childbirthaccountfor71percentofthis familywouldeverhavetogothrough
cost. thisprocess,especiallyduringanalready Reporter
Thepercentagepaidoutrelatingto difficulttime.” SophieJones
maternityincidentsbyEpsomandSt AninquirybythePublicAccounts sophie.jones@london.
HelierNHSTrustwasabout25percent CommitteeinNovemberlastyearwarned newsquest.co.uk
lowerthatthenationalaverageat46per thatpressuresontheNHScouldseethe
cent. litigationbill“spirallingoutofcontrol A 93-year-old Banstead man
Currently,onaverage,maternity withouteffectiveaction”. has been scammed out of
incidentsmakeuponly10percentof TheDepartmentofHealth(DoH)andNHS morethan£3,200.
claimsbut50percentofthecostof Resolutionhaveputforwardmeasures SurreyPolicesaidtheun-
payouts. tothecombatthesituation,includinga suspecting pensioner was
Thecostsaresolargebecausemistakes plantocapthefeesthatlegalfirmscan phonedupandtoldhiscard
duringorshortlyafterchildbirthcan recoupfromthetaxpayerwhenthey had been compromised and
leavetheinfantwithbraindamageand winlowvaluecasesandtryingtoresolve wouldneedtobechangedim-
lifelongdependencyoncare,forwhich negligencecasesbeforetheygotocourt. mediately.
Thecon-artisttoldhimto
NHStrustsbecomeliable. Withregardtomaternityincidents,
waitforacourierwhowould
Moneyisstillbeingpaidoutfordecades- aproposaltointroduceavoluntary pickuphiscardlaterinthe
oldincidentsbecauseitcantakeyears alternativecompensationschemefor day,inatypeofconknownas
beforepatientsorfamiliesrealisethey infantswhohavesufferedavoidablebrain ‘courierfraud’.
mayhaveaclaimforcompensationand, injuryatbirthhasbeenputforward, He was also persuaded to
sometimes,assessmentsaboutachild’s alongwithcashincentivesfortrusts giveawayhisPINafterbeing
lwifhee-lnonthgecyaarerenoeleddesr.canonlybemade wsehrivcihcetsaskaefestre.pstomakematernity ttohledstahmeenenwumcabredrwifohueldchoauvlde Thismanmaybeabletohelpwiththeinvestigation
JointmedicaldirectorofEpsomandSt AspokesmanfortheDoHsaid:“We’re confirmit. cancelled the cards. By this Surrey Police believe the
HelierNHSTrust,DrRuthCharlton, ensuringtaxpayers’moneyisspent Thebankcardwashanded timehehadlostthousands. maninthesephotosmaybe
said:“Weareabsolutelycommittedto effectivelybytakingactionagainstlaw overtotheso-calledcourier If you know a vulnerable ablehelptheirinvestigation
providingourpatientswithhighquality, firmscreamingoffexcessivelegalcosts between12.30pmand1pmon person who could become a soif yourecognisehim,con-
compassionatecare. thatdwarfthedamagesrecovered– November29. victimtothistypeof fraud, tactthemon101withrefer-
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shut on Boxing Day?
BeingaresidentnearbycouldIaskifthere
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year?
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