Donated money is spent on new equipment, facilities to make treatment more comfortable for both patients and carers and research into methods of managing and monitoring leukaemia and related blood diseases carried out at the hospital.

 

Who we are

What is ELF?

ELF is a local charity working to relieve sickness amongst persons suffering from leukaemia and related diseases in Devon and surrounding areas.

Leukaemia is now one of Britain's fastest growing killer diseases. In the South west there has been an unprecedented surge in the number of cases of non Hodgkins Lymphoma - higher than anywhere else in the country.

ELF supports the work of the Haematology centre at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital (RD&E). The Centre treats the areas blood cancer victims, performs bone marrow transplantations and conducts research into the causes and treatment of the disease.
ELF has raised £1.5 million, through a public appeal launched in October 1998, of the £2.4 million cost of the Haematology Centre which opened in 2002.

The New Haematology Unit is one of the most modern and innovative in Europe. It is a centre of excellence for research projects into the causes and treatment of leukaemia in addition to providing 16 beds, a 12-bed Day Care Unit and a Clinic to treat outpatients.