New mobile chemo unit for West Berks

The new unit, which was launched at the Royal Berkshire Hospital, will save patients travel and waiting times as well as provide a restful environment.
The unit was provided by cancer charity Hope for Tomorrow - a charity which is dedicated to bringing cancer treatment closer to home.
Charity supporter, motorsport engineer and Formula One team principal, Ross Brawn, launched the unit which was named after his late mother, Teddy.
He said: "I am deeply honoured to have been asked to launch Hope for Tomorrow’s mobile chemotherapy unit.
"I know how much difference this facility can make to patients meeting the challenge of beating cancer.
"My mother succumbed to cancer and the vehicle has been very kindly named after her with the nickname my dad called mum ‘Teddy’.”
The unit will cost Hope for Tomorrow £260,000 to build and maintain for a three year period and it will be their sixth unit to be put into operation.
It will have the capacity to treat between 18 to 20 patients a day.
One of the places the unit will visit will be West Berkshire Community Hospital in Thatcham.
Acting chief executive and medical director of the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust, Alistair Flowerdew, said:"We are delighted at the generous support being provided by Hope For Tomorrow.
"The mobile chemotherapy unit will make a huge difference to the many people who will be able to have their treatment in their own neighbourhood rather than having to travel considerable distances to hospital.”
Founder and trustee of Hope for Tomorrow, Christine Mills, said: "I am absolutely thrilled that we are about to launch our sixth mobile chemotherapy unit and hope that, as a result, rurally based cancer patients throughout Berkshire will feel the benefits from receiving their treatment closer to home, which is the ultimate goal of Hope for Tomorrow and our mobile chemotherapy unit project.”