Velindre Cancer Centre

The Velindre Cancer Centre (Welsh: Canolfan Ganser Felindre) is a specialist facility offering inpatient and outpatient care for cancer patients in Whitchurch, Cardiff, Wales.

Velindre Cancer Centre
Velindre University NHS Trust
Velindre Cancer Centre
Velindre Cancer Centre is located in Cardiff
Velindre Cancer Centre
Shown in Cardiff
Geography
LocationCardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Coordinates51.5163°N 3.2283°W / 51.5163; -3.2283
Organisation
Care systemNHS Wales
TypeSpecialist
Affiliated universityCardiff University
Services
Emergency departmentNo Accident & Emergency
Beds47[1]
SpecialityCancer
History
Opened1956
Links
ListsHospitals in Wales

The site is currently managed and owned by the Velindre University NHS Trust, and was previously owned by the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board.[2]

History

The facility was established as Velindre Hospital in 1956.[3] The name is a corruption of Melin Tref (transl. Mill Place).[3] The first linear particle accelerator was installed in 1961.[4]

The hospital became Velindre Cancer Centre in 1994[3] and a new radiotherapy unit opened in 2000.[3]

A new Maggie's Centre, designed by Dow Jones Architects[5] and funded by the Wales Government, opened in 2019.[6][7]

In July 2022, the comedian Rhod Gilbert, who is a patron of the centre, announced that he was being treated for cancer at the centre.[8]

References
  1. "Inpatient wards - Velindre University NHS Trust". NHS Wales. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  2. "The site - Velindre University Health Board". NHS Wales. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
  3. "Celebrating 50 years of hospital". Wales Online. 24 July 2006. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  4. "Cancer in Wales: a Timeline". Wales Cancer Research Centre. Retrieved 23 February 2019.
  5. Emma Sisk (7 May 2014). "Plans revealed for Wales' second Maggie's Centre for cancer sufferers". Wales Online. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  6. "£850k for Maggie's cancer centre at Velindre Cardiff site". BBC News. 17 June 2017. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
  7. Smith, Mark (9 July 2019). "Inside the new 'home away from home' Maggie's Centre for people affected by cancer". Wales Online.
  8. Badshah, Nadeem (14 July 2022). "Rhod Gilbert announces he is being treated for cancer". The Guardian. London.
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