The University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre welcomed its first patients on Monday 2nd April 2012, offering the most advanced service of its kind in the UK. 

The majority of departments are now open including haematology daycare, teenage and young adults daycare, chemotherapy daycare, imaging, day surgery, outpatients, and the new Macmillan Support and Information Service. There is a phased introduction of outpatient clinics into the Centre - the sarcoma outpatient clinic was among the first clinics held in the new cancer centre on Monday 2^nd April.

The centre, in Huntley Street, was designed by Hopkins Architects, the award-winning firm responsible for the iconic Velodrome created for the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games. It was built by leading construction company Skanska, recently named the greenest company in the UK across all industries in The Sunday Times Best Green Companies Awards.

The £100 million development has wellbeing, rehabilitation and cancer survivorship at the heart of its philosophy. This will be supported by the very best diagnostic and treatment techniques to improve survival rates, including the UK’s first PET MR scanner, delivering the most accurate information from deep inside the body during a single scanning session. The centre has been developed in partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support, who bring 100 years’ experience of developing innovative, ground-breaking services which put the needs of patients and families at the heart of cancer care.

The total charitable effort (overseen by UCLH Charitable Foundation) will raise £30 million, with the single largest donation coming from Macmillan. The Teenage Cancer Trust has contributed £2.6 million to develop a state-of-the-art day treatment centre for teenage and young adult patients. It complements the existing Teenage Cancer Trust inpatient unit at University College Hospital that has been supporting young people with cancer since 2005. Known as the Teenage Cancer Trust Hub, the unit will provide outpatient care, treatment and consultation for young people with cancer aged from 13 to 24. Featuring the very best in interior design and technology, The Hub consists of treatment pods, consulting rooms, private treatment rooms and a recreation area. Designed and based on the ideas of young people, The Hub also includes a gym, DJ booth, computer gaming space, education zone, family area and cafe.

If your appointment is due to take place in the Cancer Centre we will write to you before your appointment date.  All patients will receive an information pack detailing the time and location of their appointments, a map and other advice on getting around the Centre and to their department, and information on the new Macmillan Information and Support Service. We hope that the new format appointment letters, which include a bar code for automatic check-in, and a listing of all future booked appointments, will make the whole process easier for patients. Patients should expect to receive the packs between two and three weeks before their first Cancer Centre appointment. If you do not hear from us, please follow the advice in your existing appointment letter.  Please call  020 3456 7016 if you have any queries.

More information on the new cancer centre can be found here: http://www.uclh.nhs.uk/OurServices/OurHospitals/CC/Pages/Home.aspx

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