(L-R) Dr. Jyoti Shah MBE, Michelle Zabat-Saraos, Vanessa Oliveiracosta, Lauren Henson, Cliff Hodkins & Clare Ford.
The Inspire Health: Fighting Prostate Cancer screening campaign would not be successful without the kind donation of time, expertise and funding from numerous individuals and organisations working together as a team, as partners and as supporters.
All our community clinics are on a voluntary basis free of charge.
Jyoti Shah MBE
Jyoti Shah is a Consultant Urological Surgeon at North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust. She has a specialist interest in prostate cancer, innovative techniques and teaching. Her work with Burton Albion Football Club in providing prostate cancer screening in a community friendly environment has yielded a positive response from the public and health groups. Read More
Cliff Hodgkins
Matron Cliff Hodgkins works at North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust and is part of the Fighting Prostate Cancer team. Working alongside Dr Jyoti Shah MBE, he supports community outreach and prostate cancer awareness, including clinics offering PSA testing to help men access prostate health checks beyond traditional hospital settings.
Lauren Henson
Lauren is a Macmillan Lead Uro-Oncology Clinical Nurse Specialist at North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust. She leads a dedicated team of nurses with passion and is the only nurse who independently performs prostate biopsies. Her specialist interest is in prostate cancer.
Clare Ford
Vanessa Oliveiracosta
Michelle Zabat-Saraos
Sarah Minns
Sarah Minns is a Macmillan Urology Advanced Nurse Practitioner. She has been working as a nurse for nearly four decades with her primary focus on patient well-being and the continual development of innovative strategies and solutions. Her career started as a surgical nurse and she rapidly progressed to become Sister of the surgical ward. Read More
Honours
The Inspire Health: Fighting Prostate Cancer has received a very positive response and acknowledgements:
Burton Hospitals NHS Foundation won the Awareness Campaign of the Year Award at the Burton Albion Community Trust (BACT) Awards in 2016. Burton Albion was recognised in Parliament for their outstanding community work having been named Midlands Checkatrade Community Club of the Year in 2016.
The project first began in 2016 from Burton Albion FC with the auspices of the then Chairman Ben Robinson.
Burton Albion FC is a professional association football club formed in 1950 and based in Burton upon Trent. The team play in the Championship, the second tier of English football. The club’s home ground is the Pirelli Stadium and their nickname is The Brewers, stemming from the town’s brewing heritage dating back hundreds of years.
Burton Albion Community Trust (BACT) is a registered charity and an award winning organisation. BACT deliver programmes across five main themes: Participation, Social Inclusion, Disability, Education and Health. Having such a variety of themed programmes enable BACT to be an influential partner in all aspects of the local community and also allow us to have a wider impact both regionally and nationally.
