\n Gill Hurcomb, 82, has volunteered for 18 years at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) by supporting patients through Look Good Feel Better sessions at the Macmillan Wellbeing and Support Centre.\n<\/p>\n
\n These sessions, run by trained beauticians, help cancer patients manage the visible side effects of treatment such as hair loss and skin changes, aiming to improve confidence and emotional wellbeing.\n<\/p>\n
\n Ms Hurcomb, who was diagnosed with breast cancer in January 2006, began volunteering at the centre in 2008 after receiving treatment at the QEH and wanting to give something back.\n<\/p>\n
\n She said: “Patients often tell me they don\u2019t feel like themselves anymore.\n<\/p>\n
\n “When your hair falls out or your skin changes, it can really knock your confidence.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Knowing what the sessions involve, and having someone there who understands from experience, can make a big difference.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Ms Hurcomb now also helps run the centre\u2019s monthly Grab a Cuppa group, creating a supportive space where patients can share experiences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gill Hurcomb, 82, has volunteered for 18 years at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) by supporting patients through…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":616428,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[102,2960,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-616427","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-healthcare","tag-health","tag-healthcare","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616427","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616427"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616427\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616428"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616427"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616427"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616427"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}