The facility provided by the Friends of the Beatson is like a five star hotel but, unlike some five star hotels, it is a place where you can relax. It gives patients a calm and relaxed place to meet fellow patients and helps to take our minds off of our own troubles.

Patient

The Charity

Former patients, Ian Dickson and Alan Kilpatrick, with the encouragement of senior medical staff at the Beatson, got together with a number of other past patients and relatives to establish if there was anything they could do "to give something back".

In 1995 they established Friends of the Beatson, which is a company limited by guarantee and a Scottish registered Charity. Its aim is the provision, in parallel with the excellent clinical care given, of practical comfort and support for Beatson patients.

The charity is run by a small group of directors - Ian Dickson, Alan Kilpatrick, Elizabeth Kennedy and Gordon Thomson.