Trust announces £550,000 funding
for Major Urological Treatment Facility

Greenham Common Trust has announced that it has pledged £550,000 to the Basingstoke based Pelican Cancer Foundation to provide new generation ultrasound and laser surgery equipment to help establish a dedicated men's urological treatment unit to be based in Basingstoke.

The Trust's funding will allow the Pelican Cancer Foundation to purchase High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) and high power "Greenlight PV" laser equipment that will be vital to the new centre which is to provide treatment for patients from Berkshire and North Hampshire in the North Hampshire Hospital and at the Hampshire Clinic in Basingstoke.

Penrhyn Pockney of the Greenham Common Trust, says: “In recent years the Pelican Cancer Foundation has made great advances in the precision treatment of bowel cancer and secondary liver tumours and its Basingstoke base at the North Hampshire Hospital is recognised nationally as a leader in the treatment of these diseases.

“The new equipment will allow the Pelican Cancer Foundation to replicate its earlier success in the treatment of prostate cancer and develop this potentially life saving treatment. We considered this to be such a significant and important project that we were keen to give it our full backing.”

“The financial support of such social projects in north Hampshire and west Berkshire is the raison d'être of the Greenham Common Trust and the careful management of our investment in New Greenham Park will allow us to support other large scale projects in the years to come.” he adds.

Chris Beagley, Chief Executive of the Pelican Cancer Foundation, says: “We are delighted to receive this generous support for an exciting new project that will support state of the art treatment facilities for prostate patients in Hampshire and Berkshire not currently available in the region. A great advance for the treatment of increasingly prevalent prostate problems.”

Mr Richard Hindley, a urological surgeon who has specialised in the use of Greenlight laser for the treatment of enlarged prostates says “This new day care procedure represents a great opportunity to improve the surgical treatment of local men with troublesome urinary symptoms. The Greenlight PV Laser system is so powerful that even large prostates can effectively be treated with minimal complications.”

For further information call Andrew Barber on 01635 817444 or email andrew@greenham-common-trust.co.uk.