‘Friends’ fund research within the Cancer Centre and as a result patients benefit from major advances in technology, which has improved and advanced patient treatment and care.

‘Friends’ fund medical equipment to provide cutting edge technology to help with diagnosis and treatment of patients.

‘Friends’ fund patient comforts to improve the quality of life for patients and their families.

Some of the things we support as a result of your generosity are listed below:

Research Radiographer Angela O’Neill works on developing and improving patient treatment and care.  ‘Friends’ have been funding research posts within the Radiotherapy Department for the past 12 years and during that time, patients have benefited from major advances in treatment and technology.

Glenview is located approximately 400 metres from the Cancer Centre and is for patients who have long distances to travel while receiving radiotherapy treatment at the Cancer Centre. Bed and breakfast accommodation is offered to the patient free of charge and a family member/friend can also stay.  Radiotherapy treatment can be every day for anything up to 7 weeks and staying in Glenview helps with the additional stresses incurred from travelling to the hospital every day.  Glenview is available Monday through to Friday whilst the patient is undergoing their radiotherapy treatment.   Earlier this year ‘Friends’ undertook to work alongside the team in Glenview to upgrade the accommodation to 4* standard so that patients and their families would have a home from home accommodation to stay whilst undergoing treatment.  'Friends' are committed to continuing to keep Glenview to this standard in the future.

Complementary Therapy

People often speak of feeling that they have lost control of their life when they have cancer. It may be bewildering to spend time in hospital, which can seem frightening and impersonal and to meet so many different professionals, as well as coping with the high-tech machinery and techniques used in cancer treatment. At the same time, it can be difficult to cope with the implications of the illness itself for example anxiety, fatigue and depression. Complimentary therapies can help alleviate some of these symptoms.

Friends fund a Complimentary Therapist based at the Macmillan Information Centre. Over the next 2 years over 220 additional patients will be able to receive complimentary therapy to help alleviate symptoms such as anxiety, fatigue and depression