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Southend Hospital Charitable Foundation is raising vital funds to improve the delivery of radiotherapy treatment, bettering the lives of patients undergoing cancer treatment in mid and south Essex.

Our aim

The Spotlight Radiotherapy Appeal aims to raise £600,000 to fund ultra-precise, state-of-theart radiotherapy positioning devices which provide set-up and motion management during radiotherapy.

The Surface Guided Radiation Therapy (SGRT) equipment will be available to patients at the Mid and South Essex Cancer centre, Southend Hospital.

It is hoped that by 2025, all patients receiving radiotherapy across mid and south Essex will have access to safer, less invasive, and more precise treatment.

Successful completion of the appeal will ensure that patients undergoing radiotherapy treatment receive the best possible experience in terms of comfort, speed and accuracy.

SGRT - the benefits

Current radiotherapy delivery is too often known to be uncomfortable and claustrophobic, the Spotlight Radiotherapy Appeal will deliver SGRT equipment which:

Delivers greater accuracy

Eliminates the need for permanent placement tattoos

Ends the need for restrictive closed-face masks - known to increase patient anxiety

Improves clinical outcomes and protects non-malignant tissue

Provides non-invasive positioning techniques in the set-up for treatment

Cuts patient treatment time, providing greater patient capacity

Decreases patient and equipment set-up time

Emma Chaplin, Associate Director of Nursing for CancerMid & South Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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Karen Liesching-Schroder

The Spotlight Radiotherapy Appeal will dramatically transform the experience of patients undergoing cancer treatment in mid and south Essex

Over 385,000 people are diagnosed with cancer in the UK every yearthat's one diagnosis every 90 seconds.

The Cancer centre at Southend Hospital alone, delivers some 30,000 doses of radiotherapy treatment each year to approximately 2,500 patients across mid and south Essex.

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Host or attend a fundraising event

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Leave a legacy in your Will Display fundraising collection tins

Spread the word about the Spotlight Appeal southendhospitalcf@gmail.com www.spotlightappeal.org

For more information on how you can help to make a difference to the lives of those living with cancer, please get in touch.

01702 385337

Together, we can improve the experience of cancer patients receiving radiotherapy treatment for years to come. RCN.1073031

@SouthendHospCF