Around 25 members of QEII staff took part in the national ‘Movember’ month-long moustache-growing campaign to raise money for The Prostate Cancer Charity. Doctors, nurses, consultants and porters raised £1,200 for the cause for growing and sporting a moustache for the month. Although all involved had great fun taking part in the 30-day bonding exercise, [...]
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Macmillan press release: Plans unveiled for £2.9 million cancer centre at the Lister Hospital
A planning application approved by Stevenage Borough Council reveals plans to bring the vast majority of the hospital’s cancer services under one roof, a proposal to nearly double the Lister’s chemotherapy capacity, dramatically reduce the cramped conditions for patients and staff, create a dedicated information and support centre for patients and families, as well as [...]
Stevenage MP checks up on Lister’s emerging new emergency department
Stevenage MP Stephen McPartland was the first visitor from outside of the Trust to be shown round the Lister’s new emergency department extension, which is on track to open for initial use from August 2013. Once opened, the old A&E buildings will be refurbished in phases until the whole new £19.3 million department opens fully [...]
Trust records improvement across the board for 2012/13
Despite one of the most challenging economic environments for many years and against a back drop of major reform across health and social care, the Trust ended the 2012/13 year achieving virtually every standard set nationally, regionally and locally covering: Improving again the experience patients have of the care provided at the Trust’s hospitals; Maintaining [...]
Bedford’s new £1.5 million renal dialysis unit treats first patients
Patients from Bedfordshire and surrounding areas have started to be treated at a new £1.5 million renal dialysis that the Trust has created with its specialist partner Diaverum UK in Bedford. The new unit, which is on Napier Road in the Elm Farm Industrial Estate on Bedford’s eastern outskirts close to the new A421 bypass, [...]
Mount Vernon gets £4.5 million radiotherapy upgrade
As part of its on-going, rolling modernisation programme, the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre has replaced two of its oldest linear accelerators with state-of-the-art TrueBeamTM machines. The new facilities, which are costing £3.7 million to create, are able to deliver intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), which provides patients with more accurate treatment than is possible with most [...]
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