Fortuneswell Cancer Trust have agreed to fund the Bridport Hospital Outreach Chemotherapy unit for a third year. The service, which began in 2022, operates two days a week in the Day Surgery Unit at Bridport Community Hospital.
Gemma Hansford, a Nursing Sister on the chemotherapy unit, explained that they are able to give chemotherapy to between seven and ten patients a day at Bridport. The convenience of this service is very much appreciated by local patients and it also helps take some of the pressure off of the Fortuneswell Chemotherapy Unit in Dorchester.
The photograph shows Sandy Hewett (Fortuneswell Cancer Trust Trustee) being given a tour of the Bridport Chemotherapy Unit by Sister Gemma Hannaford (left) and Staff Nurse Chloe Alder (right).