{"id":80422,"date":"2020-08-05T08:25:40","date_gmt":"2020-08-05T07:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=80422"},"modified":"2020-08-05T08:25:40","modified_gmt":"2020-08-05T07:25:40","slug":"construction-cancer-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/construction-cancer-centre\/80422\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction of new cancer centre remains on track despite Covid"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Construction work continues to press ahead on a \u00a335m cancer centre at the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle, despite Covid-19<\/h2>\n<p>While the coronavirus pandemic has meant extra <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/v5-site-operating-procedures\/78465\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">health and safety measures<\/a> have had to be put in place, the programme remains very much on track and is expected to fully open in Autumn 2021.<\/p>\n<p>At present, 90 workers a day are on-site and the development \u2013 a partnership between <a href=\"https:\/\/northcumbriaccg.nhs.uk\/about-us\/ccg-system\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newcastle-hospitals.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newcastle Hospitals<\/a> \u2013 is really starting to take shape.<\/p>\n<p>Most recently, a 120ft self-erecting tower crane travelled from Leicester to lift 86 individual panes of glass in place on the atrium roof.<\/p>\n<p>Once complete, it will bring all Cumberland Infirmary\u2019s non-surgical oncology services under the same roof again so patients will no longer have to receive chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment in different parts of the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Chemotherapy will also continue to be delivered at the West Cumberland Hospital\u2019s Henderson suite.<\/p>\n<h3>Materials used on-site to date include:<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>90,000 specially-made interlocking blocks for the walls and ceilings of the linear accelerator bunkers<\/li>\n<li>88,000 bricks in the external walls<\/li>\n<li>1,323 pieces of steel in the building.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>While North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Trust will oversee the building of the new centre, once complete it will be run by Newcastle Hospitals as part of the Northern Centre for Cancer Care. Newcastle oncology specialists will work with the existing teams to provide additional resilience to the service.<\/p>\n<p>It will also mean that together the Trusts will be providing one of the biggest combined cancer treatment services in the country.<\/p>\n<h3>A positive impact on the local community<\/h3>\n<p>Lyn Simpson, chief executive of North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Trust, said: \u201cThe partnership working between the two trusts is something that we are very proud of.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Working this way means that we are able to deliver a better service for our patients in north Cumbria; for some patients it will mean that travelling to Newcastle for treatment is no longer required and for all patients the new cancer centre will deliver services in a bespoke and first-class environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gary Holmes, regional managing director for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.graham.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Graham<\/a> Building North, commented: \u201cGraham has a strong track record of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/kings-college-hospital-works\/76500\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">construction across the healthcare sector<\/a> and we are delighted to be delivering a project that will have such a positive impact on the local community and to provide some good news during these unprecedented times.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDespite the disruption caused by the pandemic in recent months, we are thrilled that the project has continued to progress whilst enforcing Government guidance and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/site-operating-procedures-released\/76379\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">social distancing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter 18 months of designing and preparation, the new centre, once complete, will play a vital role in improving facilities and services available to clinicians, patients and families across the region.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Construction work continues to press ahead on a \u00a335m cancer centre at the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle \u2013 despite Covid-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[676,54592,997,276,996],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-80422","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-construction","8":"tag-coronavirus","9":"tag-development","10":"tag-government","11":"tag-nhs"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Construction of new cancer centre remains on track despite Covid<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Construction work continues to press ahead on a \u00a335m cancer centre at the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle \u2013 despite Covid-19\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/construction-cancer-centre\/80422\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Construction of new cancer centre remains on track despite Covid\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Construction work continues to press ahead on a \u00a335m cancer centre at the Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle \u2013 despite Covid-19\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/construction-cancer-centre\/80422\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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