Incredible Fundraising Success: £450,000 Raised for Prostate Cancer Equipment at NGH

Congratulations to the Trustees, volunteer leaders and fundraising team at Northamptonshire Health Charity for raising over £450,000 in 4 months (and still counting) for groundbreaking prostate cancer equipment, treatment and care at Northampton General Hospital and the wider East Midlands region.

Focused Ultrasound (FUS) approved by NICE for use in the treatment of Prostate Cancer can be used in around 20% of cases, is delivered as a day procedure and avoids what can be life-changing side effects of other prostate cancer treatments such as surgery and radiotherapy.

Lead clinician Chandran Tanabalan with the Chief Executive of the Northamptonshire Health Charity, Jonathan McGee, with the HIFU machine.

Before this campaign, tested in a Compton Resources Study in late 2024 and driven by the ongoing consulting work from our Managing Consultant, Chris Butterwick, there were no centres in the East Midlands offering FUS for prostate cancer patients. Any patients suitable for FUS treatment for prostate cancer were referred to other hospitals (often in London) with prolonged wait times and long distances to travel.

This initiative led by Mr Chandran Tanabalan, Consultant Urological Surgeon and Clinical Director for Cancer Services at NGH, has changed that by opening the first NHS FUS site in the Region available to patients suffering from prostate cancer being treated at NGH (now combined with Kettering General Hospital as ‘University Hospitals of Northamptonshire’ and linked with Leicester Hospital).

Congratulations to all of the major donors, fundraising volunteers and NHS leaders and team members involved in this highly focused and successful campaign.