About SSCF
Since 1980 we have raised over £1,000,000 from voluntary sources.
The Sussex Stroke & Circulation Fund is a registered charity raising money to fund research and provide equipment to help with the diagnosis and treatment of patients with vascular disease in Sussex. It was set up in 1980 by Phillip Sommerville FRCS and Helen Liwicki and has raised over £1,000,000 to provide vascular services at both the Royal Sussex County Hospital in Brighton and the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath.
We also produce information leaflets for people with vascular disease and those about to undergo amputation.
The Vascular Assessment Unit
All of the equipment used in the Vascular Assessment Unit has been bought using money raised by the Fund.
The Vascular Assessment Unit at The Royal Sussex County Hospital was opened in November 2000, replacing the Vascular Laboratory which was set up by the Sussex Stroke & Circulation Fund in 1992.
Many of the following items, all purchased by The Sussex Stroke & Circulation Fund, have completely transformed the way in which patients are diagnosed with this disease and have revolutionised the method of treatment. Without the charity none of this equipment would have been available, and the vascular service offered to patients in Sussex would not now be amongst the best in the country.
- Hand held dopplers
- Smokerlyser
- Computers and printers
- Treadmill
- 'C' arm for operating theatres
- Specially adapted operating table for 'C' arm
- Omnitract retractor
- Mobile Ultrasound scanner
- Transcranial Doppler system
- Acuson colour duplex scanner
- ATL colour duplex scanner
- Chairs for the waiting room
Additional provision
The Fund has also contributed to pieces of equipment in other departments at the Royal Sussex County Hospital and the Princess Royal Hospital as follows:
- Angiogram pump
- Retractor and skull clamp - (Hurstwood Park)
- Angiogram trolley - (Vascular Suite, X-ray)
- Integris C arm - (Vascular Suite, X-ray)
- Cardiocap monitor - (Vascular Suite, X-ray)
- Diabetic monitor
Trustees of the Fund
- Mr R. Corbett MChir, FRCS
- Mr P. Hurst MS, FRCS
- Mr S. W. Yusuf (Hon. Treasurer)
- Mr M. Brooks MB, BS, FRCS
Committee
- Mr S. Ward MPhil
- Mr M. Caruana Md, MSc, FRCS
- Mr I. Francis FRCR, FRCS (Eng)
- Mr P. Laws
- Mrs S. Stubbings
