On the 17th and 18th June 2016, 40 members of staff from UCLH and The Christie will be cycling 220miles from Manchester to London in aid of the NHS Proton Beam Therapy centres.

Please note, this page is  raising money for the UCLH PBT centre.

Within the UCLH team we have the following staff members taking part in the ride over the two days : Steve Last,  Kevin Sullivan, Aurelia Neumark, John Clucas, Dale Lush, Steve McColl, Tim Jaggard, Dominic Firth, Ernie Palfie, Chris Stacey, Callum Gillies, Rachel Bodey, Guy Dentith, Jamie McClelland, Sarah How, Derek Chamberlain, Robert Belcher, Matthew Webb, Zoe Ward, Hannah Davidson & John Sparrowhawk.

Currently two new national NHS Proton Beam Therapy centres in Manchester and London are due to open in 2018 and 2019. This has been made possible by £250m of government funding, but we want to secure an additional funding to give our patients the best possible treatment and care.

High energy proton beam therapy (PBT) is a type of radiotherapy which offers enhanced precision in the targeting of tumours over conventional X-ray (photon) radiotherapy. This is important for patients with cancer close to important structures in the brain, spinal cord, eye or inner ear. Children, teenagers and young adults are those likely to benefit the most from PBT.

Currently there are no high-energy PBT facilities in the UK, so patients have to be referred overseas for treatment. When the two new centres are operational – one at The Christie in Manchester and the other at University College London Hospitals (UCLH) – we will treat up to 1500 patients every year.

While the government is funding the development and the day-to-day running of the centre, the Trusts are relying on charitable donations to deliver world-leading care in a state of the art facility and help ensure that our patients have the least stressful journey through their treatment, especially given that most of them will be away from their wider families, communities and support networks.

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