A voluntary organisation offering help and support to Liver Patients : Relying entirely on donations received. Please Support Us,
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Introduction page. This gives you an outline of the group,the need for a support group, why it was formed, when it all started, details about members, what our organisation does, news flashes, whats new, email addresses for secretary visitor co-ordiantor and webmaster, translation information and home page.
About the Group. This gives an insight into the support group, when it was formed, the role that the support group plays in offering patients support & help, who is who in the group and the officials that actually run the group group.
Our Location.
This gives you detailed instruction and maps telling you how you can find us at the Queen Elizabeth, where we meet and also parking arrangements and costs.
Meetings. Here you will find all about our meetings, when they are held, where they are held and how often , typical discussions at the meetings, ward visits etc, patients awareness of the group and how we can help.
Date of Next Meeting/Guest Speakers. The date of the next meeting and any Guest speakers that have been arranged will be shown here, and a description of who the guest speakers are and their subject topic. Always worth a visit when guest speakers are present.
Hospital Visiting. Here is where you can find out when we visit the wards and hold counciling sessions with liver patients.
Transplant Stories. Get an inside view of individual patients experiences of having a liver transplant, recommended for you to read these stories, all from transplanted patients.
Donations. The support group is a registered charity, and is run on a purely voluntary basis, and as such relies on donations and fund raising for its finances.
Any money raised is used entirely for the benefit of liver patients at the hospital. Also read stories from people that have donated.
Thanksgiving Services and Events. This service is held annually in July at a parish church in Great Barr, near Birmingham, a very moving and rewarding service to attend.
This service is for transplanted patients and donors, all welcome, see under main menu for dates, time and location maps.
Donor Family & Transplant Support Network. A brief insight into other organisations, relating to donor families, and a further understanding of the Transplant Support Network.
Contacting Your Donor. If you would like to contact your donor family, this section gives you all the help needed and the procedures to follow for such a request, and also sample letters to help you get started.
Organ Donor Register. If you would like to make your wish known to donate your organs after your death, all the details can be found on this page to sign up.
Transplant Games.
If you would like to take part in the Transplant Games, here you will find all the sports and details of how to enrol and an insight into the games themselves.
Items Funded by Group.
Take a look at what we have been able to provide for the hospital by tour kind donations.
These are the main items, for all other listings please see menu listings.
Certain items are Copyright on this website.. If any items are incorrect please contact the webmaster
Your liver is your life.
You only have one and though it is unique in its ability to regenerate, it can only survive limited damage - so it does need looking after.
The liver is the largest gland, and solid organ in the body, weighing some 1.8 kg in men and 1.3 kg in women. It holds approximately 13% (about one pint or 0.57 litres) of the total blood supply at any given moment, and it is estimated that it has over 500 functions.
