Clearly lockdown is getting to me as I’ve decided standing on top of a plane seems like a great idea!

I’ve just had confirmation that the date has moved to 3 May due to lockdown rules. 

Breast Cancer is an illness that’s close to my family’s heart and I can’t quite believe it will be 20 years ago this year that we said goodbye to my Auntie Judy. I know if I told her I was doing this she would have laughed and called me mad (but she might also have joined me because she was quite mad too, in the best possible way!).

Building a new unit at Yeovil Hospital specifically for those with Breast Cancer will make such a difference; it will mean no more sharing a waiting room with pregnant women and no more moving to different areas of the hospital for different tests. Everything will be done within the unit with the specialist team.

Yeovil Hospital Charity has launched an appeal to raise the funds needed to build a £2 million dedicated Breast Cancer Unit right here in Yeovil. We have already received a lead gift from a grateful patient who left us a donation in their Will. This means we have already hit the £1 million mark and have another £1 million to raise. The new unit will bring all of the relevant services together, meaning that patients will no longer need to move around the hospital to access the various services they need. Patients can see a specialist nurse, have their clinical examination, an ultrasound scan, a mammogram, a biopsy, a prosthesis fitting and an appointment with a doctor, all in one place.