Wish List

You can contribute directly by helping us purchase some much-needed equipment

There are various ways in which you are able to contribute to the Sussex Cancer Fund to help us improve things for our Sussex patients.

One of the most satisfying is purchasing equipment to help make patients treatment that bit more comfortable or improve techniques of treatment. This Wish List itemises equipment that is requested by our Service Managers.

If you would like to buy a piece of equipment for a specific area within the Cancer Centre/Ward, please contact our Manager for more information.

You Will Be Ok – By Julie Stokes

The death of a parent, sibling or friend is one of the most traumatic experiences for a child or young person and it can be hard to know how to talk to them about it. In this honest, comforting and strength-building guide Julie Stokes, a clinical psychologist and founder of childhood bereavement charity Winston’s Wish, provides readers with the tools they need to navigate this tough and turbulent time.

You can buy this book directly from our Amazon Wishlist

Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor. Zacurate® Pro Series CMS 500DL Fingertip Pulse Oximeter Blood Oxygen Saturation Monitor with Silicone Cover, Batteries and Lanyard (Mystic Black) £24.99 each

Childrens’ Book Box.
A book box held at the cancer centre containing a selection of reading and information books about cancer for children to understand.

Chemotherapy

IPad

IPads for Patients and staff to use

Cannulation Trolley For the Sussex Cancer Centre

These lockable and easy to move trollies are needed to assist staff with the cannulation of patients, they would house all the necessary equipment in a safe and secure unit which is also very easy for staff to manoeuvre and access. These particular trollies provide four or five drawers of storage where items are kept safe through its central locking system. The trolley can be customised to the user’s needs with a range of dividers and accessories. Complete with a pull-out tray to increase the work surface for ease of use. 

• One-piece moulded
worktop with slightly
raised edges
• Lockable drawers
• Easy clean
• Dividers not included

The Sussex Cancer centre currently needs 2 small Trollies at £680 each plus VAT and 2 Large Trollies at £812 each plus VAT.

Cold Cap Machine for Chemotherapy Suite at The Princess Royal Hospital

A Cold Cap machine is a piece of equipment that actively cools the scalp of patients receiving chemotherapy. Scalp cooling can sometimes reduce or prevent hair loss caused by chemotherapy. It works by reducing the blood flow to the scalp. This can stop the chemotherapy drug from affecting the hair. Scalp cooling does not work with all chemotherapy drugs, and it is not always possible to know how effective the treatment will be but can be effective in many cases. Scalp cooling only protects the hair on the scalp and therefore patients may still lose hair from other parts of the body. Patients often list hair loss as one of the key concerns of their treatment. Reducing hair loss or even preventing hair loss can do a lot to preserve a more positive self-image and a sense of normality.

£30, 000

***Speed Heat Warming Pads are something we need regularly but we don’t need anymore at the moment***

Speed Heat Warming Pads
For Chemotherapy patients to help raise their veins and give comfort whilst they receive their treatment, 5 needed, £29.99 each.
5 kindly purchased by Ellen Burgess and Laura Ridley
1 kindly purchased by Knights of the Road Lodge No.36732

Chemotherapy stools
***Chemo stools are something we need regularly but we don’t need anymore at the moment***For Chemotherapy nurses to sit on whilst administering drugs. 10 needed approx £300.00 each
1 kindly purchased by Penny Cattaneo and David Shannon.
2 kindly purchased by Bekki Forrest.
1 Kindly purchased by the Bear-Patrol.
1 kindly purchased by the Davidson family in memory of Peter Davidson.
1 kindly purchased by Ellen Burgess

Chemotherapy Chair.
***Chemo Chairs are something we need regularly but we don’t need anymore at the moment***

For use in the chemotherapy ward.  £1033+VAT each.
1 Kindly purchased by the family of Dionne Mitchell
1 Kindly purchased by ‘The Treatment Rooms’
1 kindly purchased by Tracey and Paul Taylor Green
1 Kindly purchased by Katie Tutton for her Father Dudley Knowles
1 Kindly purchased by The Rotary Club of Lewes Barbican
2 Kindly purchased by the Robbins family
1 Kindly purchased by Steve Grantham and friends
1 kindly purchase by the ‘Bear-Patrol
1 kindly purchased by Bekki Forrest
1 kindly purchased by Ellen Burgess

2 kindly purchased by Knights of the Road Lodge No.3673

1 kindly purchased by Vivienne de Pemberton

Radiotherapy

Kneefix cushions
These are needed to support our radiotherapy patients receiving treatment.  They give better comfort to the patient and help immobilise for precision treatment. 21 needed £500.00 + Vat

Breast board with attachments
A breast board with attachments is used for treating patients with breast cancer. 5 needed £7,000 each.

Physics