I'm delighted to announce that the new system "dress rehearsal" we ran on Thursday 9th January in Warwick went very well. We asked the 24 participants to complete an exit questionnaire on how they found the experience and the feedback was very encouraging. The session finished at 8:00 pm, the samples were collected at 8:50 pm and the results were available in "final letter format" by 11:00 am the following day! These were, of course, subject to a 100% audit (which will remain our policy for the ...

It has come to our notice that, very unfortunately, a number of "email" requested results have not arrived safely. This is due to our emails being perceived as "spam" by a few email providers, leading to us being effectively blocked.If, therefore, you've had a test with us and are still awaiting your result please contact us immediately on 01926419959 or by emailing info@psatests.org.uk and we will attempt to rectify the matter immediately. If there is any doubt about the email option working we...

Following the very successful Online Seminar progress is being made on all fronts and it is planned to set up the new "My PSA Tests" database during the rest of December. Matthew Brine and the team at Empresa are working hard at setting up the new personal result retrieval system and the standardisation of letters is well in hand.We would like to thank the Warwick In Need Charity for further funding for the hardware and software we'll use to support groups at testing sessions where the men have...

On Thursday 28th November the charity held a seminar at Stonebridge Golf Club and conference centre to outline it's plans to move towards an online booking and results availability service to enable it to handle more tests and for men to be able, if they so desire, to get their results quicker. Sixty five delegates travelled from literally all over the country to support the event which Graham Fulford opened with a dedication to David and Dorothy Baxter-Smith, a heartfelt thanks to a number of T...

Readers will be aware of the limitations of the PSA test and the search for a test that will support it. Well, this may now have arrived. Angle PLC have developed a new blood test aimed at identifying Circulating Tumour Cells (CTC's) to improve  diagnostic outcomes. The new test "Parsortix" has been trialled at Barts Cancer Institute following sponsorship from Orchid, the mens Cancer Charity, and Cancer Research UK. The trial revealed that in 93% of cases the Parortix test yielded a malignant ti...

Not only did we hit a new milestone with the entry of the 100,000th person on the database - total tests to date over 134,000 - we've also received solid financial backing from the following additional sponsors, for our new online booking and recording system. We thank them all sincerely:Marshall Developments LtdHenry VIII Trust WarwickDave MathewsWarwick in NeedWarwick United CharitiesBedford Prostate Cancer Support GroupBoston ScientificWith regards to the latter this is a multi billion dollar...

Preliminary work is now underway on the above and we would like to thank the following sponsors:TGFP Ltd WA & Mrs PC JenkinWe're still looking for sponsors, no amount is too small!Thank you for at least thinking of us!

With a huge thank you to Cliff and Andrew from PCASO as well as Mike and Susan from here, we're now delighted to offer potential attendees at the Warwick August and September PSA testing sessions the opportunity to register online with a specific appointment time to suit themselves. Click here: https://gfct.psatesting.org/events/warwick-15-08-19-2/ for the August Event and here: https://gfct.psatesting.org/events/warwick-15-08-19-3/ for the September Event.We hope to help other groups roll out...

I'm delighted to announce the appointment of Clare Brown BEng(Hons) FCCA as a Trustee with immediate effect. Clare graduated from Brunel University in 1995 with an Engineering Degree after which she embarked on an Accountancy career qualifying as a Chartered Certified Accountant in 2002. I've known and worked with Clare for over 20 years now and not only does she bring a wealth of financial and accountancy experience to the charity, she's been closely involved with it since inception 15 years ag...

At the same time as we welcome Clare I'd like to pass on my deep and sincere thanks from all of us to my wife Sue who's standing down as a Trustee, after working her socks off since day one back in 2004. All of you who've had dealings with us will know we could never have achieved half of what we have without her incredible and practical support. I'm sure we'll all still see her from time to time!