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Tribute to Business Ambassador Paul Wheatley

Sadly today we said goodbye to our Business Ambassador Paul Wheatley. Paul was a great friend to the Sussex Cancer Fund. What started as a simple birthday fundraiser, Paul soon became one of our most hardworking Business Ambassadors, contributing ideas, attending events, and helping us raise our profile. Though only getting to know Paul during […]

Quarterly Update from Our Massage Service

The Sussex Cancer Fund’s mantra of trying to make cancer treatment more bearable is never more illustrated by our onsite massage therapist Gabby Bigness. Gabby works through Full Circle Fund but is funded by the Sussex Cancer Fund, to give our patients a little relief while receiving treatment. Gabby works in the Chemotherapy Unit at […]

Understanding the gut microbiome in relation to chemoradiotherapy for anal cancer – opportunities for intervention to improve patient outcomes.

  The Sussex Cancer Fund is excited to be funding a project which aims to gain a more detailed understanding of the gut biome in relation to anal cancer and treatment programmes. The project is being carried out by Hamish Sinclair, Core Medical Trainee under the supervision of Dr Duncan Gilbert, Consultant in Clinical Oncology. […]

10 New Heat Pads for The Royal Sussex County Hospital

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 […]