by Kate Robinson | Apr 15, 2024 | East Suffolk & North Essex, Patient Stories
It means I can spend more time with my children Thirty-six-year-old Anna went to the doctor in her native Ukraine during the summer of 2021 after experiencing a hardness in one of her breasts. She was given a course of antibiotics, but when she returned to her GP with...
by Kate Robinson | Apr 12, 2024 | MCCU Staff Stories
I am there to make the lives of the patients and staff easier When Bryan Baird was a young man undergoing chemotherapy at Canterbury Hospital in Kent, he couldn’t have imagined he would be back there again 30 years later working as a driver for Hope for Tomorrow’s...
by Kate Robinson | Apr 5, 2024 | MCCU Staff Stories
The unit makes the world of difference. Mike Darby often saw the mobile cancer care unit whenever he was driving past Gloucestershire Royal Hospital. As the husband of an oncology nurse, he knew only too well how the unit could be a great asset to the hospitals in the...
by Kate Robinson | Apr 4, 2024 | Charity News
Growth strategy 2024 – 2029 We’re excited to share our new five-year strategy that lays out an ambitious vision for the future of Hope for Tomorrow’s vital mobile cancer care service. This growth strategy will guide our work from 2024-2029 as we...
by Kate Robinson | Mar 5, 2024 | Charity News
Amanda Stretton, the UK’s leading female motorsport, motor industry presenter and former racing driver becomes Hope for Tomorrow ambassador We are pleased to announce former racing driver and motoring broadcaster, Amanda Stretton as an exciting new addition to our...
by Kate Robinson | Feb 29, 2024 | MCCU Staff Stories
The mobile unit means there is just one less thing for patients to have to worry about. Even if it just makes the smallest difference to one person it is totally worth it. Charge nurse Joseph Sloneczny was working in the oncology and haematology department at...
by Kate Robinson | Feb 28, 2024 | Kent, Patient Stories
…it is very sociable and relaxing on board Patricia Fuller’s cancer diagnosis came as a bolt out of the blue in August 2022. “For me it was just my annual blood test” explained Patricia, “then I received a phone call to say that my haemoglobin levels were low...
by Kate Robinson | Feb 28, 2024 | Patient Stories, West Yorkshire
I just can’t praise the service enough. John, who is 76, was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2015 after experiencing symptoms he put down to “a bit of waterwork trouble and just old people’s problems”. Following a referral to a urologist by his GP, a PSA...
by Kate Robinson | Feb 28, 2024 | Charity News
Gloucester Rugby’s Mark Atkinson announced as Hope for Tomorrow ambassador Gloucester Rugby and former England and Barbarians centre, Mark Atkinson, is adding Hope for Tomorrow ambassador to his list of achievements. As part of his new role, Mark will help to raise...
by Kate Robinson | Feb 22, 2024 | MCCU Staff Stories
Everyone involved in this is offering such a fantastic service. After 30 years as a London firefighter, Jack Russell didn’t take to retirement easily. He missed the camaraderie of working in a team, and he longed for the old feeling of going home each day knowing he...
