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The Cobalt Appeal Fund
Crack Cancer Campaign - How You Have Helped
| 1964 |
Appeal launched - £88,000 raised. |
| 1966 |
The dream becomes a reality! New
Radiotherapy Centre – Complete with Cobalt
Unit is opened by the Duke of Beaufort. |
| 1969 |
Further £8,000 provides a radioisotope
and electronics extension. |
| 1972 |
£15,000 appeal for the latest
Radioisotope Scintiscanner – a powerful weapon
to detect early malignancy to reduce the need for
exploratory surgery. |
| 1974 |
Now the Radiotherapy Centre covers
Herefordshire and the Welsh Border areas. Appeal
for £12,000 allows a quarter of a million
more potential patients to be served by the unit. |
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| 1975 |
£55,000 raised for two-storey extension
– housing the additional treatment facilities,
operating theatre and radioisotope accommodation. |
| 1976 |
£40,000 raised for new clinic and outpatient
facilities. |
| 1978 |
An appeal raised £167,000 for X-ray Body
scanner, plus a further £45,000 for buildings
to house it. Opened by HRH The Princess Anne. |
| 1982 |
Cobalt provided a Whole Body X-ray Scanner for
the diagnosis of cancer and other diseases to the
tune of £275,000 with running costs at £50,000
a year. |
| 1983 |
An Appeal launched to provide breast cancer treatment
equipment to reduce the need for distressing surgery.
£500,000 raised towards the £1 million
installation costs. |
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| 1985 |
First breast cancer patients treated at the centre
with a 20million Volt Radiation Accelerator. Officially
opened by HRH The Princess Margaret. |
| 1986 |
Cobalt funds £50,000 a year Cancer Prevention
and Early Detection campaign in Gloucestershire,
Herefordshire and Worcestershire. |
| 1989 |
‘Magic Bullet’ machine for treatment
of cervical cancer provided at a cost of £287,000
which is 85% effective in curing early cases. |
| 1990 |
£160,000 set up Breast Screening at Linton
House Clinic for women in 50-64 age group, plus
£60,000 for a Mobile Unit. |
| 1990 |
£1.5million Appeal, launched by TV personalities
Mike Smith and Sarah Greene, for Magnetic Resonance
Whole Body Scanner. Hailed as the biggest breakthrough
since X-rays. Gives doctors crystal clear pictures
of the human body. |
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| 1994 |
£1.5million
target reached and a mobile MRI Service scans patients
in Gloucestershire and Herefordshire. The costs
of scanning patients treated at the Oncology Centre
are paid for entirely by the charity approximately
£200,000 per year. |
| 1995 |
Second Mobile MRI
Scanner extends service to patients in Worcestershire
also. |
| 1996 |
Third Mobile MRI
Scanner – Europe’s first High-Powered
Mobile. The most advanced diagnostic technology
with real time imaging reduces examination times
by up to a third. |
1999 |
£765,000 target
reached for Advanced Treatment Machine for the Oncology
Centre, Cheltenham General Hospital. |
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| 2000 |
Second Mobile Mammography Screening Vehicle goes
into service. The Appeal received a fourth Mobile
High Powered MRI diagnostic scanner. |
| 2002 |
Cobalt contributes £25,000 to help provide
Brachytherapy treatment for early prostate cancer
at Cheltenham General Hospital. |
| 2003/4 |
£270,000 earmarked for six clinical research
projects. For example Recruitment suitability for
Cancer Clinical Trials – Development of optical
diagnostics for prostate and bladder cancer –
Provision of full-time Research Registrar Physician
for development of bowel cancer screening. |
| 2004/5 |
Two Ultrasound Breast Scanners provided for the
Prestbury Clinic, Cheltenham General Hospital and
One for Gloucestershire Breast Screening Services
at Linton House Clinic, total cost of £224,000. |
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| 2005 |
The short-term future of prostate cancer
brachytherapy treatment at Cheltenham General was secured
with a donation of £50,000 |
| 2005 |
£80,000 has been spent on handheld
gamma probes for a procedure known as sentinel node
biopsy - a technique that may spare women with early
breast cancer from extensive surgery.
Building work begins on the new Diagnostic Centre at
Linton House Clinic at a cost of £7 million for
construction and equipment which the Cobalt Appeal will
provide. |
| 2005 |
Specialist nurse Rosie Howard is appointed to care
for Gloucestershire patients with cancers of the blood
and lymphatic system. The Cobalt Appeal Fund pledges
£100,000 to fund the salary and costs of the new
post, initially for two years. |
| 2006 |
New £7 million Diagnostic Imaging Centre opened
this Spring. It houses two state-of-the-art MRI scanners
and Gloucestershire's first PET-CT scanner. |
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| 2006 |
£30,000 ultrasound scanner presented to help specialists at Glos. Royal Hospital detect cancer of the ear, nose and throat. |
| 2007 |
 £5m Cobalt Breast Clinic project launched. We will purchase Thirlestaine Court in Cheltenham, calling on the community to help us raise the final £1m needed to provide a centre of excellence for breast screening and with symptomatic clinics and outpatient services for breast cancer patients. |
| 2007 |
£325k committed to a mobile digital mammography unit with access for disabled patients based at Cheltenham General, for screening and symptomatic services.
£60k funding over 3 years agreed for research into breast cancer, £24k funding over 14 months for research into urology (prostate cancer) and £84k funding over 2 years agreed for research into endometrial (womb) cancer.
The post of haematology (blood) nurse for Gloucestershire funded for a further 2 years at £95,450: a specialist nurse supporting patients with leukaemia, lymphoma and myeloma
Annual sum of £18k given in support of the Hereford Mammography Service.
£100k committed for 3 ultrasound machines for the Charles Renton Unit in Herefordshire. Primarily used for breast clinics, also for other oncology clinics eg gynaecology and palliative care.
£66k agreed over 2 years to help expand chemotherapy services in Hereford.
The following for Worcestershire Royal Hospital - £104k purchases laparoscopic surgical equipment for patients with colorectal cancer, £21k purchases flexible thoracoscope also £10k purchases hand-held ultrasound equipment for patients with lung cancer £11k pays for the conversion of treatment room into a minor operations room for patients with skin cancer. |
We Appreciate All
That You Have Done and Look Forward to Your Continuing Support
Forty Years of Fighting Cancer – The Work Continues
The Crack Cancer Campaign
Needs Your Help, contact: 01242
535900 or
e-mail: fundraising@cobaltappeal.com
Cobalt Unit Appeal Fund
– Registered Charity No. 1090790
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