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 […]
Delighted to see some forehead thermometers in use at the Sussex Cancer Centre, provided via SCF from one of our fabulous business supporters. Beautifully demonstrated by Emma Hartwell, Nurse Manager & Charlie Orman, Clinical Nurse Specialist. If you would like to help the Sussex Cancer Fund provide equipment like this please donate through the button […]
The Sussex Cancer Fund through kind donations from patients have just bought two telephone headsets for Cancer Staff in Sussex. The Covid Pandemic has led to the cancer units adopting different procedures to help keep treatment and appointments running while maintaining maximum safety, one of these changes is the increase of telephone appointments. The headsets […]
The Sussex Cancer Fund are delighted to have purchased a heated water bath for the Radiography Team at the Sussex Cancer Centre. The Bath will be used to mould the Thermo Plastic Material used to make the masks used in the treatment of Sarcomas (i.e. for the treatment of leg, foot and arm cancers). The […]
Zingiswa Thetho, Level 8 (Oncology) Ward Manager & one of the new nebulisers provided by the Sussex Cancer FundThe Sussex Cancer Fund is delighted to have provided 5 new nebulisers for patients receiving treatment at the CourtYard 8 ward at BSUH.
Chemotherapy Suite – Princess Royal Hospital Stainless Steel Single Column trolley – £300 1 Kindly purchased by Mrs Powell and Mr & Mrs Catlow in loving memory of John Powell.
Chemotherapy chair for Level 8 Courtyard kindly purchased by the family of Terry Swaysland
4 speed heat warming pads purchased from a fundraiser by Jacqueline Tourick
