Kidney Matters - Issue 9 Summer 2020

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36Taking a quiet breakat the St Anne’sDialysis HolidayAccommodation inHampshireBy Graham MiddletonI have been a dialysis patient for just over four years and as soon as I feltconfident with the dialysis, I started to look for holiday accommodationso that my wife and I could take a break away somewhere in the UnitedKingdom. I could not face going abroad with my health problems. Wediscovered St Anne’s, which is based in Emsworth in Hampshire. Emsworthis a small town on the south coast, near to Havant, and only eight milesaway from Chichester in the other direction.We found the journey to Emsworth by car from the East Midlands relativelyeasy and I would imagine that from other parts of the country it would bethe same easy journey.The property is a Victorian house cared for by Veronica, the HouseManager, and is immaculately well-kept. There is also a conservatoryand large garden with an outside swimming pool. It is divided into threeindividual self-catering units, one of which has disabled facilities. It washandy to have parking facilities right in the front of the house.“Now I have found St Anne’s it gives mywife and me the holiday which we wouldotherwise not have had. Although I stillneed to have dialysis, it gives me a breakfrom that same old routine.”Dialysis is available at Havant, which is only two miles away and a taxi is paidfor by St Anne’s to transport you to and from the Unit. Of course, if youhave your own transport it is easy to take yourself! It is usual for the dialysisunit to give the holiday patient an evening appointment. It does seem latewhen you are coming home but at least you have all day to do somethingand you can have a lie-in the day after dialysis.Directly outside the property, on the Havant Road, are bus stops fromwhere you can travel west to Havant and Portsmouth, and east toChichester and Bognor Regis. This has its advantages if you have a buspass for free travel! A walk into Emsworth takes about 15 minutes. There areseveral public houses locally all serving very good pub grub.You do not need a car whilst stopping at St Anne’s as the bus service isvery good and there is also a coastal railway service. I have found thekidneycareuk.org
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