From 2000 until 2007 the charity raised £2 million towards the building of Europe's first breast cancer prevention centre, which opened at Wythenshawe Hospital in 2007.
[3][4] He has been practicing surgery for more than 30 years and currently runs a One Stop Breast Clinic at Spire Manchester Hospital.
The £14m centre was funded by Greater Manchester Strategic Health Authority (GMSHA) and Prevent Breast Cancer donations.
The centre was the first of its kind in Europe, and was designed to provide diagnostic and prevention services to patients across the North West.
Prevent Breast Cancer funded the collection of saliva samples and DNA extraction from 10,000 women on the study and testing genetic fragments (SNPs) for key information.
The test analysed 18 genetic variants Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms – SNPs in blood or saliva across 1,400 women who carried the BRCA high-risk gene.
[18] A staff vote saw Stagecoach Manchester select Prevent Breast Cancer as their chosen charity for two years and the company raised £21,000.
On 2 June 2018 Stars in their Eyes, the musical talent show in which amateur lookalikes and soundalikes impersonate their favourite singer, returned for one night only, in aid of Prevent Breast Cancer.
[19] The live revival special was held at The Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, and enabled over 630 audience members to watch past contestants perform, including the very first winner Maxine Barrie, who won awards impersonating Dame Shirley Bassey in a TV Documentary called The Real Shirley Bassey.