26 July 2012
Bristol Cancer Centre given full planning permission
The expansion of the Bristol Haematology and Oncology
Centre (BHOC) has been given full planning permission by Bristol
City Council.
The £16 million redevelopment will enable the Trust to
offer the very best in cancer care for the patients it treats and
will deliver four major initiatives through a single
development.
The expanded centre will enable the transfer of adult bone
marrow transplant services out of the Bristol Royal Hospital for
Children to the more appropriate adult setting in BHOC. This move
will make way for paediatric burns and neurosciences when they
transfer from Frenchay Hospital in 2014. The scheme will also
accommodate some therapeutic services which will transfer from the
Southmead Hospital site.
This expansion will enable patients to have all of their
care delivered in a single setting and deliver a much needed unit
for teenagers and young adults with cancer, who will be able to
have their unique needs catered for in an environment appropriate
to their age.
Dr Alison Cameron, Macmillan Teenage and Young Adults with
Cancer Lead Clinician: "This is a great step forward for patients
in Bristol and across the South West. Now we will have the
facilities for teenagers and young adults with cancer, and people
with blood disorders, to match the service we already
provide."
Finally, the scheme will provide two replacement
radiotherapy bunkers which will enable the Trust to provide the
most advanced equipment available for local
patients.
Charities Above and Beyond, Teenage Cancer Trust and
Friends of the BHOC are generously supporting the delivery of this
project.
The BHOC provides local and specialist haematological and
cancer care to people living in Avon, Somerset and
Wiltshire.
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