West Midlands Lupus Group Open Meeting, Sunday 17th October 2004

The Open Meeting was attended by around 70 Members and friends who raised £260.20

during the afternoon through sales and a raffle.

Veronica Toescu – LUPUS UK Research Assistant – and Kate Peers – LUPUS UK Specialist Nurse

outlined their work at the Queen Elizabeth/City Hospitals, Birmingham.

Gareth Treharne and Liz Hale – Health Research Psychologists – spoke about their work with the

Lupus Drop-In Clinic based at the Guest Hospital, Dudley, and their findings to date of the

interviews/research with Lupus patients.

They are seeking to find how patients perceive themselves and the difference

Lupus has made to their lives.

Pictured above: Jannet Angus presents a certificate to Kieron Norton who ran the

Flora London Marathon, 18th April, and raised £2.023.Yvonne Norton presents the

Christine Seivewright Memorial Trophy to Jannet Angus.

Pictured below: Members hear from Gareth Treharne and Liz Hale. Kate Peers draws her Talk to a close.