Labels:black | darkness OCR: CLIC's Model of Care CLIC, Cancer and Leukaemia in can be treated locally. Britain's first Home from Home service Childhood has played a key role in changing the offering free, first class accommodation for the entire work of children with cancer and leukaemia, first in family during lengthy hospital visits. the South West of England and now throughout Britain. Crisis Break accommodationfor families in CLIC offers a wide range of desperate need for respite from the worries caused by the outstanding services to young patients and child's illness. An ambulance service with specially equipped their families and it has provided hope for thousands vehicles to ferry children to and from hospital. of young cancer and leukaemia victims, not just in this country but overseas too. A team of play therapists to help make a CLIC has made huge advances with child's stay in hospital a little more bearable. its three-pronged strategy of better TREATMENT. Welfare grants to families in financial need because of the child's illness. WELFARE and RESEARCH for children with cancer A research unit based at the University of Bristol, and leukaemia. Before CLIC specialist treatment for children Investigating the molecular aspects of childhood cancers and leukaemias. with cancer and leukaemia was almost non-existant, And wich, much move to help and support sick there were precious few welfare services for the children and their families. children and their families and research into childhood 00% of the registration fee for !Clic lagiven to cancer and leukaemia was almost unheard of in CLIC. Britain. Today CLIC's U.K. range of help includes: The CLIC Nurses' teams of Domiciliary Care Nurses to service entire regions. Specialist clinics at local hospitals so patients
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