I'm delighted to announce we have opened our third centre, in Elstree. It's a particular milestone for CancerPartnersUK and radiotherapy in the UK as it's the first stand alone centre not to be situated on an existing hospital site.
Conveniently located for cancer patients living in Herfordshire and north London, it's an intimate, purpose-built cancer centre offering the latest radiotherapy techniques (IMRT and IGRT) as well as a chemotherapy unit. Staffed by a small specialist team, including local cancer experts, it has the facilities to treat breast cancer and prostate cancer, as well as other forms of the disease.
Elstree is just one of a network of cancer centres we at CancerPartnersUK are building across the UK. We have already opened centres in Portsmouth and Southampton, and are building another in Little Aston, Birmingham.
We continue to strive to bring the best possible treatment options to cancer patients in convenient centres in partnership with local cancer specialists.
Find out more about our centres .
Rupert Cockcroft
Chief executive
14 Jul 2010
How our private radiotherapy centres came about
As an ex-cancer patient I know only too well the importance of being able to get the best quality treatment…and fast.
CancerPartnersUK came about because of my desire to improve access to radiotherapy in the UK. Many patients currently have to travel a long way for treatment, something you can do without when you are ill with cancer. Through our network of private radiotherapy centres across the UK, we’re bringing cutting edge cancer care closer to the people who need it.
Here in the UK, you sometimes have to wait weeks for radiotherapy treatment. Whereas at CancerPartnersUK you can start treatment within days of a referral and the treatment is completely personalised to your needs with the same team of specialists looking after you from start to finish.
I’m proud of the fact we offer the most precise and cutting edge forms of radiotherapy available in the UK today. Up until now only around ten per cent of patients have been able to take advantage of these.
Having been treated for cancer myself, I was keen to make our centres pleasant, relaxing environments too. After all you can end up spending weeks coming for radiotherapy treatment. So our centres are a bit different from the more conventional medical setting – the basement of a hospital. They're light and airy, and all are based on the ground floor.
I’ve been running hospitals over the last 20 years so I was in a great position to get the project off the ground. I was able to recruit the best possible cancer specialists and oncologists, as well as management team, from across the UK.
Our first centre, in Portsmouth, opened in 2009. Since then, despite the economic downturn, we have managed to build three more centres, in Southampton, Elstree and Little Aston with more planned. Feedback from patients has been excellent. Hopefully, in time, we’ll be able to put our centres in reach of all cancer patients across the UK.
Find out more about our personalised approach.
Rupert Cockcroft
Chief executive
CancerPartnersUK came about because of my desire to improve access to radiotherapy in the UK. Many patients currently have to travel a long way for treatment, something you can do without when you are ill with cancer. Through our network of private radiotherapy centres across the UK, we’re bringing cutting edge cancer care closer to the people who need it.
Here in the UK, you sometimes have to wait weeks for radiotherapy treatment. Whereas at CancerPartnersUK you can start treatment within days of a referral and the treatment is completely personalised to your needs with the same team of specialists looking after you from start to finish.
I’m proud of the fact we offer the most precise and cutting edge forms of radiotherapy available in the UK today. Up until now only around ten per cent of patients have been able to take advantage of these.
Having been treated for cancer myself, I was keen to make our centres pleasant, relaxing environments too. After all you can end up spending weeks coming for radiotherapy treatment. So our centres are a bit different from the more conventional medical setting – the basement of a hospital. They're light and airy, and all are based on the ground floor.
I’ve been running hospitals over the last 20 years so I was in a great position to get the project off the ground. I was able to recruit the best possible cancer specialists and oncologists, as well as management team, from across the UK.
Our first centre, in Portsmouth, opened in 2009. Since then, despite the economic downturn, we have managed to build three more centres, in Southampton, Elstree and Little Aston with more planned. Feedback from patients has been excellent. Hopefully, in time, we’ll be able to put our centres in reach of all cancer patients across the UK.
Find out more about our personalised approach.
Rupert Cockcroft
Chief executive
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