The Sussex Cancer Fund has recently purchased 25 copies of the book ‘You Will Be Okay: Find Strength, Stay Hopeful and Get to Grips With Grief’ for the Palliative Care Team, at the Horizon Centre. The team were keen to provide some resources to teens who were experiencing grief. The death of a parent, sibling […]
We are delighted to have recently purchased 10 Speed Heat Warming Pads. Heat pads are to warm veins to allow easier and more comfortable cannula insertion. 5 Pads went to the Haematology Ward and 5 to the Chemotherapy Ward at the Royal Sussex County Hospital. Many thanks to the friends and family of Chris Milton who […]
The colourful heart-shaped breast cancer post-operative cushions given to patients after surgery are often the most underestimated but most gratefully received item they will use. The specially designed cushions provide comfort and protection post-surgery and have been made lovingly by generations of amazing volunteers. However, as they are actually quite a specialist item to be […]
The Sussex Cancer Fund has just purchased new beard trimmers for the Mould Room to allow radiotherapy masks to fit securely. Thanks to Karen Grimshaw, Dosimetrist for modelling! If you would like to help us buy even more equipment to help Cancer Patients in Sussex, please support us by clicking on the button below and […]
Cancer Research News You may remember that the Sussex Cancer Fund recently purchased a new Cytoflex Flow Cytometer to assist with cancer research, for one of the Brighton Medical School research teams headed by Professor Chris Pepper and Dr Andrea Pepper. The aim is to get a better understanding of Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia (CLL) and subsequently […]
The Sussex Cancer Fund supports Cancer Patients in many ways, through purchasing specialist equipment, providing additional services and funding cancer research projects but it is often the small things that make the difference. Providing tea & coffee for our patients is one of these small tokens that can make receiving treatment a little more […]
The Sussex Cancer Fund has purchased a new ‘Toronto’ treatment chair for the Haematology Ward. The purchase was made possible by a kind donation from a recent Haematology & Oncology patient. The reclining chair easily shifts into the Trendelenburg position if needed. Sometimes situations occur where a patient is in shock or faints, medical professionals […]
We are delighted to have purchased two sets of handgrip dynamometers for the Sussex Cancer Centre. They were purchased with a kind donation from the THANCS (head and neck cancer support group). The handgrip dynamometers are used routinely as a measure of undernutrition, to give a baseline level but also a mechanism for ongoing review […]
We would like to say a huge thank you to one of our supporters Paul Wheatley, co-owner of Rediscovered 4U who has very kindly made a donation to us, so the Sussex Cancer Fund could buy some chin straps that work with the cold caps and machines used by chemotherapy patients. A Cold Cap machine […]
World Radiography Day is celebrated on 8 November each year and marks the anniversary of the discovery of X-rays in 1895. The purpose of this day is to raise public awareness of Radiographic imaging and therapy, which play a crucial role in the diagnosis and the treatment of patients and, most importantly, ensuring radiation is kept to the […]
