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Radiotherapy unit to be delivered
next year
27.02.15
BUILDING of a new £50m
euro cross-border radiotherapy unit for cancer
patients is expected to be completed next year
following the signing of a project charter by key
stakeholders in Derry.
The Western Health and Social Care Trust said the
project charter marked "another major milestone" for
the development which will be built at Altnagelvin
Hospital.
It will serve more than 500,000 people across the
North and will also facilitate patients from the
Republic including Co Donegal.
The new service will work closely with a number of
centres including the Cancer Centre at Belfast City
Hospital and Letterkenny General Hospital.
It will be funded by the North’s Department of
Health Social Services and the Department of Health
and Children in the Republic. |
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Pictured at the signing of the
Project Charter for the Radiotherapy Unit at
Altnagelvin Hospital, Londonderry are seated from
left to right: Alan Moore, Western Trust Director of
Strategic Capital Development; Western Trust Chief
Executive Elaine Way, CBE; Western Trust Chairman
Gerard Guckian and Alan McKee, McLaughlin & Harvey
Ltd.
Standing from left to right are: Una Cardin, Western
Trust; Gerry McBrearty, Western Trust; Derek
Loughery, CPD Health Projects; Paul Taylor, Taylor
and Boyd; Harry Thompson, CPD Health Projects; Kevin
Jackson, O’Connell Mahon Architects; Ed McNaught,
RPS; Margaret McIvor, Western Trust; Jimmy Hickey,
O’Connell Mahon Architects; Irwin Potts, Western
Trust and James Henderson, Bruce Shaw. |
Western Health and
Social Care Trust chairman, Gerard Guckian yesterday
said there was a commitment between stakeholders to
"ensure the delivery of the highest quality
radiotherapy facility to our patients".
"I am delighted with the partnership approach
adopted by key stakeholders in this significant
capital project to achieve a high quality
state-of-the art radiotherapy unit," said Mr Guckian.
He said the new unit would offer increased capacity
for patients living across the North including
counties Derry, Tyrone and Fermanagh.
"This unique cross-border project will also treat
patients from the Republic of Ireland including
north to mid-Donegal and will make a real difference
to people being treated for cancer and their
families. The radiotherapy unit is expected to be
completed by 2016,” added Mr Guckian. The new
service will aim to provide “a patient-centred,
holistic service for cancer patients”. Cancer
treatment will include “combination
radio/chemotherapy for curative and palliative
purposes, for all but the most complex of tumours”.
The unit is being designed by O’Connell Mahon
Architects and will be built by contractors
McLaughlin and Harvey Ltd.
Mr Guckian said the project would also bring
training and employment opportunities including for
sub-contractors and suppliers. |
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