Pictures show how those receiving cancer treatment at Royal Preston Hospital will be getting a completely new look ward.

Ribblesdale Ward provides specialist treatment for young people from the city, and further afield, who are suffering from adult cancers.

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It specialises in young men with testicular cancer and often patients within the ward are in hospital for a prolonged period of time.

Rosemere Cancer Foundation has partnered with MedEquip4Kids to raise money for The Family Room within the ward.

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It will include a kitchenette, dining area and a lounge equipped with a TV, DVD and Xbox.

The ward will be decorated to ensure the environment is as non-clinical, homely and age-appropriate as possible.

At the moment the Ribblesdale Ward feels the same as any other hospital ward.

Chief officer of Rosemere Sue Thompson said: “The room will provide young patients with a comfortable, private space in which they can come together with friends and family at a very stressful time.

“It gives them a space away from the bedside, where they can do normal things like watch TV, play a game, make a snack or catch up over a cuppa. It will never be home, but for a while at least we hope it will be the next best thing.”

The Family Room is part of the £842,000 renovation of the ward and patients are to be transferred to another ward for care and treatment while the work takes place.

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More than £1.5million has been raised for Rosemere’s 20th anniversary, and is being ploughed into helping with the Ribblesdale Ward revamp.

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