Meet Tracey Thackery, a cancer patient at CHFT, who received excellent care and wellbeing support throughout her treatment and beyond. Tracey said: 

"I used to have long hair before I started to lose it all when receiving treatment for cancer. My self-esteem and confidence were non-existent after being diagnosed with cancer and unfortunately losing all my hair, this really affected me mentally and emotionally. 

"However, thank you to the team in the cancer centre at Calderdale Royal Hospital and Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Charity, I was provided with a high quality wig, which was truly amazing. The level of service was outstanding and all my needs were looked after and I received a wig that was so much like my original style and colour. The quality is outstanding.

"I really hope for other women and men that this service makes such a difference too, as you are giving people with cancer a chance to still feel as normal as possible, supporting patients' health and wellbeing while going through treatment and after treatment."

Helen Jones, Macmillan Information Centre Manager at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, said: "It makes me feel really proud that the Charity see funding wigs for cancer patients a priority, I get to see first-hand the difference a high quality wig makes to a patient, in helping increase the patients' confidence, body image, and wellbeing. Thank you to everyone for their continued support in helping to make a difference."