Mount Vernon Cancer Centre Review

The Mount Vernon Cancer Centre provides outpatient chemotherapy, nuclear medicine, brachytherapy and haematology as well as radiotherapy.

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About Mount Vernon Cancer Centre

It is a standalone cancer centre and primarily serves a population of over 2 million people in Hertfordshire, south Bedfordshire, North West London and Berkshire. There are also inpatient and ambulatory wards.

Many of you will probably have noticed that some of the buildings are not in a good state of repair, and a number of concerns have been raised in relation to the long-term clinical sustainability of the Cancer Centre. The doctors and nurses at the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre have done a good job in putting things in place to ensure that treatment is high quality and that patients are safe. However, the doctors, nurses and managers all agree that a more permanent solution needs to be found to ensure the sustainability of the services in the long term.

About the Review

NHS England is working with the staff at Mount Vernon, with other local hospitals and commissioners, and with the local Cancer Alliances to look at how the needs of local people can be best met, as well as develop options that will build on the services, research and patient experience the Centre already delivers.

This stage of the review is only looking at developing some options, not choosing the final option. If these options might require a permanent change to the services at Mount Vernon, there will be a consultation with patients and local people later this year

Update December 2020

Patient events were held over the summer of 2019 and this is an ongoing process. As further information becomes available we will publish on our website