BREAST CANCER AWARENE SS MONTH WORCE S T ERSHIRE BREAS T UNI T HAVEN


IN THE PINK SUPPORTING BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH


Worcestershire Breast Unit Haven, the only breast cancer charity in Worcestershire, is now six years old. The charity was set up to support all patients diagnosed with breast cancer in Worcestershire, following on from the amazing work of the Worcestershire Breast Unit campaign. The campaign succeeded in raising the £1.5 million to fund the build of the Breast Unit, providing a peaceful and comfortable environment for patients at a stressful time.


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Since the Worcestershire Breast Unit opened its doors six years ago, it has seen between 10,000-12,000 women displaying symptoms of breast cancer and has supported them with assessments and care through diagnosis and treatment.


The unit is recognised by clinicians as one of the leading breast units in the UK, providing clinical services and assistance over and above those that the NHS can fund or offer. Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women - affecting one in 7 UK women, as well as one in 800 UK men. This statistic makes the work of the county’s fabulous Breast Unit ever more important and means that fundraising done by the Worcestershire Breast Unit Haven charity is absolutely vital.


The charity’s support services now include practical and physical activities to assist in living with breast cancer and recovery. Since the pandemic, the Worcestershire Breast Unit Haven charity has significantly expanded its range of support services and activities on offer for patients.


The charity’s support group now supports some 80 women accessing it on a daily, weekly and monthly basis, meeting face to face regularly with clinical input as requested. It offers Pink Ribbon Pilates classes,


mindfulness courses, nutritional advice, 5k Your Way Worcester, a Nordic walking group, Look Good Feel Better sessions, crafting and gardening groups. The charity is seeking to add to these with the imminent re- introduction of the complementary therapies which had to be halted due to the pandemic. These have seen many extensive emotional and physical benefits and are usually treatments that the patient would not be able to self-fund and are not funded by the NHS. Included in these can be lymphatic massage, scar tissue massage, and reflexology.


The unit works very closely with the NHS Breast Teams to ensure it can provide clinical services and assistance over and above what the NHS can provide.


Fundraising support means that they can fund extra equipment (such as a portable screening machine), a Metastatic Nurse (to be named a Kate Nurse in memory and celebration of the incredible Kate Butler), mastectomy bras, nipple tattooing and support literature (currently the ‘Mummy found a Lump’ leaflet) for children of patients – and so much more.


The unit needs to raise at least £200,000 each year in order to continue to provide and develop the services we are able to offer.


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