We contacted all Welsh Government Assembly Members earlier this year. We summarised our concerns about the plans for the new cancer centre, and the process being used. We’re posting sections of the letter on this site.
Misrepresentation / Suppression of the level of concern within the Velindre NHS Trust:
In the document “Why not build a new Velindre Cancer Centre on another hospital site?” Velindre make the following statement:
“Our plans for providing specialist, non-surgical cancer services for people across south east Wales have the support of health board clinicians, our staff and patients”
Both TCS (Transforming Cancer Services) and the Velindre NHS Trust will have been aware of the level of concern expressed by a significant number of its senior doctors and nurses.
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