Leading the way in cancer care
A new state of the art facility at Guy’s Hospital will revolutionise cancer treatment for patients in South-East London.
The £160m project, due to be completed in August 2016, will become a hub for South-East London, bringing specialist cancer services, training, development and research under one roof.
Why build a new centre?
Guy’s and St. Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust want to be known locally, nationally and internationally for excellence in cancer care.
Currently, cancer care at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ is split over a number of different buildings, providing logistical obstacles to patients who are often very sick.
Building the new cancer centre close to Guy’s Hospital, will not only enable the Trust to bring the majority of its cancer services under one roof, but it will also increase the capacity to treat patients.
Around 6,500 patients will be treated per year at the new centre, with the capacity to provide radiotherapy treatments expected to rise from 47,500 treatments per year currently, to 80,000.
Innovative design, keeping patients in mind
The building has been designed in consultation with patients and is intended to be as pleasant an environment as possible, with plenty of colour, light and open spaces.
One key feature is that radiotherapy, which historically has sat down in a dark basement to contain the radiation, will be on the second floor of the building following discussions with patients.
The amount of building material used, particularly to house the radiotherapy suite, means that despite being a mere 237m shorter than the Shard, the new cancer centre will actually be heavier!
Working in collaboration
We are working closely with our partners at Guy’s and St. Thomas’ to see how we can effectively support them during the transition to the new building, and indeed continue to provide a quality pathology service once the new building is up and running.
Further information
For more information on the new Cancer Centre at Guy’s Hospital, and to watch time lapse videos of the construction and other interesting content, use the link below.
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