Burgess Hill District Lions Club are helping support PSA testing in Mid Sussex on 16th November, Alan Ranger explains in detail
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00:00Right, good afternoon. I'm Alan Ranger, Burgess Hill District Lions Club and I'm
00:04involved this year as I have been for the last seven odd years in prostate
00:09cancer screening for men which this year we are again holding at the Triangle
00:14Leisure Centre in Burgess Hill. This year we've set a target of a thousand men who
00:21will receive their test on the 16th of November and to date I think about 980
00:27already pre-booked so there's still a chance to pre-book if you haven't done
00:32so. There's also a chance if you're aged between 40 and 80 and male to come along
00:38on the day and we will try and fit you in because it's important to have this
00:42little blood test. After all 50% of all men, 50% of all men will have a prostate
00:49problem and therefore a lot of men don't even know about it and maybe like Chris
00:54Hoy until it's too late. So take this opportunity because the NHS do not, your
01:00doctor surgery do not routinely give PSA blood tests to men. You have to request
01:06it. So this is our seventh PSA testing event. I think in total about 4,000 men
01:13now have been tested and we hope that, well we know that 10% of all men tested
01:19who haven't had a test before, 10% will have a high reading and will need some
01:25additional investigation. Horrible thought. Women have their
01:29manograms, they have cervical spears, men have nothing. So this is your chance and
01:34that's why Burgess Hall District Lions and PCASO, I must mention them because
01:39they're the Prostate Cancer Support Organisation, they actually organise it,
01:43the Lions fund it and obviously they're a trained phlebotomist doing the blood
01:47tests. You don't get members of Lions Club like me doing blood tests. So it's a
01:52proper event and it can save and well we know it will save lives. So if you get a
01:58chance come along or go on to the PCASO MyPSATest website. That's PCASO
02:07MyPSATest.org website and make a free booking if there are still spaces. I think
02:15that's about it. Thank you.