EKUBS is a registered charity, founded in 1978, and is virtually the only one of its kind in Britain.
Today, more women than ever before are surviving breast cancer. Evidence has shown that regular screening has contributed to this.
We arrange a subsidised personal screening service in East Kent, for ladies not covered under the NHS scheme.
Ladies from 40-49 can be screened at a cost of £25-£35 depending on where they live in East Kent, by fully qualified radiographers at the Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Hospital, Margate, and the Kent & Canterbury Hospital, Canterbury. This service is also offered for ladies in between NHS screenings from the age of 50, and for those older ladies who wish to have screening beyond those offered by the NHS Breast Screening Programme.
We are also major providers of equipment that was not available to the Margate & Canterbury hospitals under NHS funding. £519,000 worth of equipment has been donated to the end of May 2007.
Fund raising helpers and volunteers are always welcome.
The charity was founded by Mrs Rose Cunningham, to provide a pioneering screening service to ladies in East Kent, where none existed at that time. Since then the NHS has introduced the Forrest Breast Screening Programme, every 3 years between the ages of 50 and 70, and after that age if specifically requested. We continue to offer breast screening whenever the NHS does not, and to update equipment at the hospitals in East Kent.