A HEALTHCARE provider in Berkshire has donated thousands to charity funding cancer research for the second year running.
The Circle Health Group has pledged another £10,000 of support to the British Skin Foundation’s skin research programme.
Last year’s donation supported a project researching melanoma, and is seeking to develop new methods of early detection.
Melanoma skin cancer is the fifth most common cancer affecting patients in the UK, and continues to rise, accounting for around 5% of all new cancer cases.
Cancer Research UK statistics suggest that there will be around 26,500 new cases every year by 2040.
Part of the CHG funding supports a researcher at Leeds Beckett University, Dr Jaskaren Kohli, who is working towards providing more tools to healthcare providers in diagnosing melanoma early.
This includes discovering better bio-markers to indicate the presence of melanoma, such as those in moles and skin lesions, which can develop into potentially deadly cancer.
Adam Busby, Group Clinical Director at Circle Health Group said: “The British Skin Foundation are at the forefront of research into skin conditions like melanoma.
“We know first-hand the difference research like this can make to the lives of our patients.
“As a hospital operator, we are committed to supporting improvements in the understanding, research and treatment of skin conditions.
“We are proud to be playing our part in supporting future generations.”
British Skin Foundation’s Chief Executive Officer, Matthew Patey, said: “Research is the core of what we do here at the BSF, but it doesn’t come cheap.
“Thanks to generous supporters like Circle Health Group, we can fund top quality research with some of the UK’s most talented scientists–finding the cures and treatments of the future.”
Circle Health Group operates the UK’s largest network of independent hospitals as well as working in partnership with the NHS.
More information about the group is available via: circlehealthgroup.co.uk
The British Skin Foundation is the only UK charity that raises money to fund research into all types of skin diseases, including skin cancer.
More information about the foundation is available via: britishskinfoundation.org.uk
