50th Anniversary of Poole Hospital Cancer Treatment Trust

It is 50 years ago today on 9th October 1972 that Mrs Marjorie Lewis Manning set up Poole Hospital Cancer Treatment Trust to assist in purchasing much needed equipment to help with the diagnosis and treatment of all forms of cancer.

Since then the Trust has purchased scanners and other equipment for this purpose costing many millions of pounds thanks to donations given by the people of Poole and the County of Dorset and the efforts of a small group of volunteers who make up the Trustees of the charity.

If you have any spare time and are interested in getting involved please contact me by email or phone.

We have managed to come through Covid, when many small charities such as ours, have had to close their doors, but, we need your continued help if we are to ensure that Poole Hospital remains in the forefront of cancer treatment in the South of England.

The Hospital has equipment which is the envy of many larger hospitals and this is thanks to you all.

Please keep your donations coming.

Thanks to my fellow Trustees for their support and to you all for the donations you have made.

We look forward to reaching our 100th Anniversary !!

Stuart Dean

Chairman

Poole Hospital Cancer Treatment Trust

stuartdean@gmx.com

01202 888895 or 07949128614

Plaque awarded to the Trust by the Mayor of Poole

This is the plaque which was awarded to the Poole Hospital Cancer Treatment Trust by the Borough of Poole for the work we have done in raising funds to purchase equipment for the hospital for the diagnosis and treatment of all forms of cancer.

It is currently being displayed in the waiting /reception area of the Nuclear Medicine dept.

CEO Debbie Fleming

On behalf of all the Trustees of Poole Hospital Cancer Treatment Trust we offer our sincere congratulations to Debbie on being awarded an OBE in the Queens New Year Honours in acknowledgement of her work over nearly 40 years in the NHS and in particular in recognition of the work undertaken by the staff at Poole and Bournemouth Hospitals in forming the merger of University Hospitals NHS Trust.

Postponed AGM.

Following the postponement of the the AGM of the Poole Hospital Cancer Treatment Trust we are re arranging it for February 1st at 2.30pm at the premises of About Face, 111,  Longfleet Road, Poole.

Please advise the Chairman or the Secretary if you wish to attend in order that arrangements can be made to provide access to their premises.

We take this opportunity of thanking the Trustees of About Face for allowing us to use their premises for our meetings during the Covid pandemic, we hope to return to the Boardroom at the Hospital when things have settled down.

Opening Ceremony for Marie and Pierre

The Official Opening has taken place in the Nuclear Medicine Department at Poole Hospital of the re equipped nuclear medicine department. The dept has been redesigned to accommodate the two new SPEC/CT Scanners named after the Pasteurs. Details of the work undertaken appears in an earlier NEWS item.

The opening was by one of the Patrons of Poole Hospital Cancer Treatment Trust, Guy Henry from the BBC TV series Holby City and the Chief Executive Officer Debbie Fleming our picture shows them watched by Kat Dixon the Head of Nuclear Medicine, members of her staff, representatives of Siemens and Stuart Dean the Chairman of Poole Hospital Cancer Treatment Trust. The Trust provide £500,000 towards the overall cost of the scanners and the redevelopment work, generously given by donations and bequests to the Trust.

About Face

Many thanks to those at About Face who have kindly offered the trust their meeting room for the trustees to hold their regular meetings until we are able to meet again in the Boardroom at Poole Hospital.

We hope that in the future we can become closely involved with About Face in fund raising activities to assist cancer patients.

Coffee Morning at Rick Steins

We were delighted that Rick Stein’s Restaurant at Sandbanks once again offered us their premises to hold a Coffee Morning in aid of the Charity. They are so kind, offering, apart from their premises, coffee and cakes.

Thanks to the efforts of our Trustees, Elaine Drury and Pam Hughes we raised a large number of prizes for a raffle thanks to the generosity of local traders. They organised the morning and we received wonderful support from all who attended. As a result we raised a total of £1,013 – a tremendous figure.

Thanks to all concerned !!

New Scanners are fully operational

Delighted that following our posting on the News pages on April 6th both scanners are now in place and are fully operational. This will allow for far more detailed scans to be taken of patients by the team of radiographers in the Nuclear Medicine dept which will allow consultants to work for their patients in a more detailed manner.

The setting for patients allows for a more relaxed environment for them to undergo the scans they are having undertaken.

All of this work has been undertaken in just over 6 months and Marie and Pierre are fully operational. You will recall the staff have named them after Marie and Pierre Pasteur.

Poole Hospital Cancer Treatment Trust contributed £500,000 towards the overall cost of the project, which was just over £2,000,000.

Poole Hospital Cancer Treatment Trust with the Rotary Club of Poole Joint Venture

The Trust found that the Rotary Club of Poole was raising funds to purchase a Bladder Scanner for use in the Children’s Ward at Poole Hospital. Apparently the Ward has been endeavouring to obtain one of these for some time and currently share one with other departments as and when it is available. This is used for a variety of conditions for patients in the Children’s Ward and to have one based there would be of great assistance to them.

Poole Hospital Cancer Treatment Trust found that our local Rotary Club had raised half of the cost to purchase the item and at a recent meeting the Trustees agreed to provide the other half £3,500 to enable the purchase to go ahead now rather than waiting longer. The Bladder Scanner is now on order and should arrive and be in use soon.

A great example of two Local organisations working together to help our local hospital and its patients.

The Bladder Scanner has now arrived and is in use our pictures show the scanner and the presentation to Sister Emma Eaton and Tracey Fordham play specialist from the Childrens Unit by Babs Plumbridge from the Rotary Club of Poole and Stuart Dean the Chairman of Poole Hospital Cancer Treatment Trust, also present is Hayley Harris from Poole Hospital Charity.

New Scanner arrives – Marie is in Poole Hospital.

We are delighted to advise that another major purchase has been made to help in the diagnosis and treatment of cancer at Poole Hospital. Two of the scanners in the Nuclear Medicine dept have needed replacement and we have entered into a joint scheme to purchase and install two new SPEC/CT Scanners. The first has been installed and is currently undergoing trials. It is hoped that it will receive its first patients at the end of April.

At that time the second will be on its way whilst work is undertaken to provide an area for the scanner to be housed. It is hoped that all will be completed and the second one installed and fully operational by autumn 2021.

Photos showing the first scanner are shown together with a photo of the ceiling which will provide a restful view along with music of your choice while the scanner is being operated. As is normal the scanners have been named Marie and Louis after Marie and Louis Pasteur.

This work could not have been undertaken without the generosity of donations from the people of Poole and the County of Dorset.

Poole Hospital Cancer Treatment Trust

The Chairman
9 Mountjoy Close, Canford Magna,
Wimborne, Dorset BH21 3AX

Registered Charity No. 264841

Donations & Contacts

We warmly accept your charitable donations via cheque
at the address to the left or online via www.justgiving.co.uk

Stuart Dean (Chairman)
T: 01202 888895 E: stuartdean@gmx.com

Greg Bemment (Treasurer)
T: 01929 554058 or 07967 123320
E: gbemment@icloud.com

Pat Whitehead (Secretary)

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