03 May 2012
Expansion of Bristol Cancer Centre given approval
The full business case for the expansion of the Bristol
Haematology and Oncology Centre (BHOC) has been approved by
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust's
Board.
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.
Finally, the scheme will provide two replacement
radiotherapy bunkers which will enable the Trust to provide the
most advanced equipment available for local
patients.
Amit Bahl, lead clinician for the BHOC, said: "This
continued development of BHOC will ensure facilities that match the
excellent standard of care provided to patients at the
centre."
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.
The Trust is currently awaiting planning permission for
the redevelopment.
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