Canberra Region Cancer Centre loaded up a trolley with an Xbox, TV, Music dock, headphones, ipad and various games for use on the Xbox, using donations from Dry July.

Young people (aged 15-25) treated for cancer within Canberra Hospital are treated in adult settings – outpatient radiation and chemotherapy clinics and the inpatient ward (14B). There is no dedicated space for them or entertainment relevant to their interests.  

The entertainment trolley is managed by the AYA Cancer Specialist Nurse and provided to patients in the cancer outpatient clinics, ward 14B and various wards around the hospital where young patients might be admitted. 

I get excellent feedback from patients who have used the entertainment trolley. Often times these patients are the youngest by many years and so have no one to engage with when they are admitted for treatment. The entertainment trolley provides them a way to escape whilst they are here by watching movies and playing games. There are multiple controllers and so if they have friends with them they can play against each other which really makes the time fly!