Peterborough City Hospital breast cancer patients will be the first in the county to use specialised £18,000 equipment.

The patients will be able to use specialised visual aids useful for those hard of hearing or non-English speaking to help patients with deep inhalation breath holds. 

Breathing techniques are used in the treatment of some cancer patients during radiotherapy treatment at Peterborough City Hospital. 

Patients undergoing radiotherapy are typically given verbal instructions by radiographers on their breathing. 

The project lead, senior Radiographer Georgina Williams, said: "We anticipate around 500 patients a year will benefit from this new equipment, which brings the total of devices we now have to four – one for each treatment room.” 

June Dean, head of radiotherapy at North West Anglia NHS Foundation Trust, said: “The patient is at the centre of everything we do, and every patient’s treatment will be individual to them.  

“We want to provide each patient with access to an excellent radiotherapy service.”