The Sussex Cancer Fund has been supporting the Psychological Therapies Team for some years, so we asked Laura Pritchard, Macmillan Lead for Psychological Therapies about the services they provide and how the Sussex Cancer Fund Supports them. Support for the Macmillan Psychological Therapies Team from the Sussex Cancer Fund “We’d like to say a huge […]
As a new member of the team at the Sussex Cancer Fund, I have had a few months of introductions and learning. It has been a really humbling experience as I have seen first hand the wonderful work the staff does across many departments. The one thing I have come to understand is that they […]
Thanks to a fundraising golf day held by long time supporters Penny Cattaneo and David Shannon, the Sussex Cancer Fund were delighted to purchase a new Dinamap machine for the Sussex Cancer Centre. The Dinamap machine measures multiple observations like blood pressure, pulse rate and oxygen levels and cost £1300. Many thanks once again to […]
Gabby Bignell is a massage therapist working with haematology and oncology patients in the Royal Sussex County Hospital through the charity Full Circle Fund Therapies and thanks to the generous support of the Sussex Cancer Fund. The Sussex Cancer fund is delighted to be providing Clinical Massage Therapy to Cancer patients at BSUH. The services run by the […]
The Sussex Cancer Fund has just purchased 4 leg exercise machines from funds raised by Dr Richard Simcock. Dr Simcock raised the money by abseiling down the i360 in Brighton a few months ago. Dr Simcock suggested we buy the machines from the £1340 he raised to provide the opportunity for Chemotherapy Patients to do […]
We have just delivered a massage chair to the Level 8 Courtyard Ward at the Royal Sussex County Hospital. The specialist chair together with an aromatherapy oil diffuser has been provided by the Sussex Cancer Fund for the new relaxation room for staff from the Cancer Ward. The room is designed as a retreat for […]
Some time ago we reported on how John Ryce was running one and a half marathons in memory of a lady he had never met. He was raising money for the Sussex Cancer Fund in a sweet gesture for his bride to be Becky, who sadly lost her mum Judith, some years before. Now we […]
The Sussex Cancer Fund was delighted to deliver the latest copy of Practical Radiotherapy Planning by Ann Barrett, Stephen Morris, Jane Dobbs and Tom Roques. We asked Tony Hewines, Senior Radiotherapy Dosimetrist, how they would use an up to date reference book such as this. How this book is used by Tony “Our team is Radiotherapy physics planning, also […]
The Sussex Cancer Fund is delighted to have provided new blood pressure monitors for the team of a new Thyroid Cancer Treatment clinic in Brighton. A new treatment for Metastatic Thyroid Cancer (Lenvatinib) has been developed which has shown a 25% tumour reduction in 8 weeks with a 65% patient response rate. Until recently this […]
The Sussex Cancer Fund recently purchased a new Cytoflex Flow Cytometer for one of the Brighton Medical School research teams headed by Professor Chris Pepper and Dr Andrea Pepper. The research being carried out by the team involves the study of individual proteins expressed on the surface and within cancer cells and looks at their […]
