Our Partnership with Manchester Rugby Club
As part of a new national initiative to promote early detection, specialist Screening Nurses from The MOLE Clinic, the only UK private clinic group dedicated to skin cancer screening, recently visited Manchester Rugby Club to provide mole checks for players.
Manchester Rugby Club was the first sports association, in the UK to support The MOLE Clinic’s campaign, to generate awareness of the importance of regular screening to help improve UK survival rates.
The attending nurses, who are based in the Central Manchester branch of The MOLE Clinic, provided both Full Body Skin Checks and Single Mole Checks to the senior men’s and women’s sections at the club.
Emma Jones, Marketing Director at The MOLE Clinic explains; “We are keen to reach right into the heart of the community with our life-saving, early detection campaign, and having the support of well-established and highly regarded regional associations such as Manchester Rugby Club is ideal for amplifying the message.
“At The MOLE Clinic, we recognise that outdoor sports players are subjected to high levels of UV exposure, increasing their risk factor of developing skin cancer.
“As part of our mission to help lower the UK skin cancer mortality rate by detecting skin cancers early, we are delighted to have successfully kickstarted our community Skin Cancer Screening Programme.
“Our Screening Nurses will be travelling to a range of different outdoor sports clubs across the UK, to raise awareness for early detection, and provide sportsmen & women with peace of mind.
“We are delighted to have rounded off a positive weekend filled with Skin Cancer Screening sessions for the team members at Manchester Rugby Club, offering complimentary Single Mole Checks and Full Body Skin Checks for the men’s & women’s teams.”
Tim Holmes, Chair of Rugby at Manchester Rugby Club states: “Our players spend a lot of time training and playing matches outdoors, and therefore are more exposed to the sun on a regular basis. We were only too happy to welcome The MOLE Clinic nurses, with their advanced screening equipment, into the club.
Raising awareness for early skin cancer detection resonates with Manchester Rugby Club’s philosophy, as we are always keen to support our players with impactful initiatives.
As skin cancer is highly treatable if caught early enough, we would encourage people in the community to have any suspicious moles checked straight away, and preferably go for annual checks.”
