Boot Out Breast Cancer was set up in 2010 by Debbie Dowie to make a difference to women diagnosed with breast cancer.

We have provided equipment for The Royal Bolton NHS Hospital, The Nightingale Centre NHS hospital in South Manchester, Thomas Linacre Breast Centre at Wrightington Wigan and Leigh NHS Hospital, Leighton NHS Hospital in Crewe, Chorley NHS Hospital, The Broadgreen NHS Hospital in Liverpool and the Paterson Institute next to The Christie.

The level of funding for the latest state-of-the art equipment is almost non-existent in the NHS at the present time, as confirmed recently by the UK Statistics Authority. We feel that we are plugging that gap.

The equipment we have purchased is saving theatre time and – we believe – giving that early diagnosis, which is key to ultimately saving lives.