Swindon MPs Join Forces With Local Businesses To Present £50,000 Cheque To Brighter Futures Radiotherapy Campaign

Justin Tomlinson MP has helped present cheques totalling £50,000 to the Brighter Futures Radiotherapy Appeal.

The money was raised by the National Federation of Demolition Contractors and local business Lawson Group. The Brighter Futures appeal aims to raise money towards a Radiotherapy Unit at the Great Western Hospital.

The Radiotherapy Unit was given the green light earlier this year after a sustained campaign by local MPs, Justin Tomlinson & Robert Buckland, and the former Clinical Chair of Swindon's Clinical Commissioning Group, the late Dr. Peter Crouch.

Justin Tomlinson MP said:“I wanted to take this opportunity to thank the Lawson Group for their very generous donation to the Brighter Futures radiotherapy appeal. The new centre will mean that patients from Swindon and the surrounding area will in the future be able to receive vital treatment in their own town without having to travel over an hour to the current nearest Radiotherapy centre in Oxford.”

Nearly £1.2 million out of the £2.9 million target for the new radiotherapy centre to be built has been raised. You can donate by visiting www.brighterfuturesgwh.nhs.uk