Gloria Hunniford launches Cuppa for Cancer Care campaign to promote local treatment

Television presenter Gloria Hunniford is heading up a campaign to promote the delivery of localised NHS cancer treatment with the use of mobile units. Hunniford lost her daughter Caron Keating to breast cancer in 2004 and is a patron of charity Hope for Tomorrow, which provides the NHS with mobile cancer care units. The charity is launching its Cuppa for Cancer Care initiative to coincide with World Cancer Day on February 4, 2023, as an annual event to help fund the service.

Hunniford said: “Cancer can take a terrible toll on individuals and their families. Travelling for repeated treatment is often difficult, stressful and time-consuming for so many people. The mobile cancer care units and specialist NHS nurses drive out to patients’ communities rather than them having to travel to hospital. This makes a difficult time that much easier.”

Cuppa for Cancer Care takes place from January 30 to February 5 and the charity is hoping people across the country will get together for tea, coffee and cake. It is sponsored by Janes Pantry.

“Patients regularly comment on how great the nurses and drivers are, with the team immediately making them comfortable and offering them a cup of tea or coffee. That’s where the idea of Cuppa for Cancer Care came from, and we hope that people across the country will get together for this wonderful cause,” added Hunniford. “The mobile units are a fabulous asset in their communities.”

Eleven NHS trusts currently have the mobile units and last year they provided more than 26,000 treatments.

Picture: Gloria Hunniford is a patron of charity Hope for Tomorrow.

Published on page 2 of the December 2022 issue of RAD Magazine.