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Dear Derian House Colleagues,

Earlier this week was the National Day of Reflection to mark the anniversary of the first UK lockdown and reflect on our collective loss, support those who have been bereaved and hope for a brighter future.

I hope you had chance at some stage through the day to reflect on how the last 12 months have affected you, your family and friends and also those around you both at work and in the wider community.

Reflecting on the past 12 months I feel a sense of pride in the whole team at Derian House, it has been challenging with constantly changing advice, regulation and information. The whole management team appreciate how impactful the pandemic has been on everyone from the CYP and families, our staff and volunteers, key stakeholders such as our local NHS Trust & CCGs and the wider community who support us.

As we follow the latest news and government updates there does seem to be a light shining in the future, we now need to remain focused and aware that the virus is still around. Everyone at Derian has been offered the vaccine and I am delighted to say that the uptake has been amazing – thank you, this together with our lateral flow testing and other COVID-Secure measures continue to protect our CYP and each other.

We still have a way to go before some form of normality returns but together as one Derian Team we will get through this, please continue to support each other every day.

See you around the Hospice and if anyone has any questions, as always, please just stop me at the hospice or pop me an email.

Many thanks and keep safe.

David