Reaching those in need
Arrow’s patient support program is able to reach those most in need thanks to our relationship with welfare teams at hospital transplant centres across Australia. The Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital welfare team said “We appreciate Arrow Foundation’s ongoing work to assist our patients who are often in financial distress. Arrow are so kind and supportive […]
In memory of Karen and Elsie
Greg Bugden credits Arrow as being a “source of inspiration and assistance’ to he and his wife during her not one, but two bone marrow transplants. Greg shares his story here. It is now 24 years since my wife Karen died from Multiple Myeloma after a five year battle with the disease; she also underwent […]
A brush with Dr Kerry Atkinson
With a 50% chance of survival in the first six months after the transplant, at the age of 16, Lisa Cuthbertson could barely have imagined, 36 years laters, she’d be interviewing the very doctor who looked after her. But she did know she was at one of the world’s best hospitals for bone marrow transplantation, […]
Masters of Cancer and Haematology Nursing
The Masters of Cancer and Haematology Nursing, provided by global leader in health education the University of Sydney, enables registered nurses to build on the knowledge they have already gained, giving them the skills required to move into a specialist role and take their career to the next level. Arrow proudly provides one Trace Richey […]
Riverina Cancer Care
With access and equality of healthcare severely affecting the health outcomes of regional Australians, it is critical that regional hospitals have access to nurses with specialised skills in cancer care. Receiving treatment locally not only improves a patient’s health outcomes but also reduces the financial and emotional burden of long distance travel. Arrow has assisted […]
Liverpool Catholic Club progressing medical research
We give our heartfelt thanks to long term supporter Liverpool Catholic Club who have made an additional donation of $60,000 to continue the study of blood mutations in patients undergoing haematopoietic stem cell transplants (HSCT). Liverpool Catholic Club have donated $197,500 over the past 6 years towards important medical research, this being the latest research […]
Leading patient care through sharing
We are proud to announce our first recipient for 2021 of the Professor Geoffrey Driscoll Scholarship in Haematology Nursing. Frances Burns from Royal Melbourne Hospital will be furthering her knowledge in Bone and Marrow Transplants in Cancer Care through study at the Australian College of Nursing. Ward 7B at the Royal Melbourne Hospital where Frances works […]
Nutrition Management for BMT Patients
Jessica Cheng is a Senior Dietician at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney specialising in haematology and bone marrow transplant patients. Jessica recently attended a virtual workshop run by the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics in America to learn more about nutrition management of Graft vs Host Disease (GVHD) from a US perspective. Being able to attend […]
Hawkesbury Canoe Classic PHD 2021
With the Hawkesbury Canoe Classic (HCC), one of Arrow’s major annual fundraising events, due to be held later this year, we are delighted to announce this year’s winner of our HCC sponsored PhD scholarship: Natalia Pinello, from the Epigenetics and RNA Biology Program at the Centennary Institute First supported by Arrow in 2019, Natalia is […]
Leaving MS Behind
He’s a keen runner, practises one of the oldest surviving Japanese martial arts—Katori Shinto Ryu—and is driven by his curiosity for the immune system. That drive has gained Kevin Hendrawan—a PhD candidate at St Vincent’s Centre for Applied Medical Research (AMR)—a grant of $14K from the Arrow Foundation Special Grants fund. Kevin will […]
Nurses are the glue that hold it altogether
“Nurses are the glue that holds it altogether. We are the doers, the hand-holders, the shoulders and the carers,” says Abby Fyfe, 2020 recipient of Arrow’s Trace Richey Scholarship. Arrow Director, Neil Pennock couldn’t agree more. “The nurses made such a difference to Trace’s time in the hospital,” said Neil. Neil introduced the Trace Richey […]
Care, warmth and love
“Care, warmth, and love” are three words that come to mind when young bone marrow transplant recipient Frank Li (pictured left) describes the sponsorship of Arrow’s grocery card initiative by Independent Grocers of Australia (IGA). And that is exactly what IGA is all about – taking care of locals. With a network of 1,400 independently […]