We have the facilities to diagnose and treat many types of cancer, and our services include: 

  • Specialist surgery
  • Chemotherapy
  • Haemato-oncology
  • Radiotherapy
  • Palliative and supportive care 
  • Physical and emotional support (Clinical Nurse Specialists)

Where highly specialised treatments are required, patients are referred to the appropriate specialist centre, which is usually a recognised centre of excellence for that particular type of cancer and its treatment.

Cancer diagnosis

If you have been diagnosed with a new cancer, you will be referred to the site-specific Multidisciplinary (MDT) team which is responsible for diagnosing and treating your cancer.

If you have had a recent CT scan with proven cancer, but it is unclear where this newly diagnosed cancer originated, then you will be referred to the Cancer of Unknown Primary (CUP) MDT.

If you have symptoms which, though concerning, don't fit neatly into the established, site-specific urgent cancer referral guidelines, your GP may have referred you on the Non-Specific Symptoms (NSS) pathway, which may or may not diagnose a cancer.

Cancer registration

If you are diagnosed with cancer or a condition that may lead to cancer, the NHS team looking after you will record information about you and the care you receive.

This information is shared with the National Disease Registration Service (NDRS).

Further information