A North East cancer charity is hoping to take its patient transport service around the country after the announcement of a new pilot scheme in Newcastle.
The Daft as a Brush Cancer Patient Care charity - founded by Geordie entrepreneur Brian Burnie - already helps with thousands of journeys to and from hospital for Newcastle's cancer patients at the RVI or the Freeman. But at a very special Twelfth Night fireworks event, Brian announced that a new trial of a more integrated service will begin in February.
The idea is that a patient's transport needs, from diagnosis to recovery, will be planned together with their treatment, and Brian hopes that the model, when perfected in Newcastle, could be expanded to help cancer patients around the country. The distinctive brightly coloured Daft as a Brush ambulances are a common sight around the city, each has been sponsored by a local primary school.
