Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what his Department's policy is on the future of Mount Vernon Cancer centre; and if he will make a statement.
A Strategic Review of Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC) is underway and is being overseen by a multi-agency Programme Board, chaired by NHS England and NHS Improvement. The sustainability of services at the MVCC will be determined by clinical options to enable access to the full range of inpatient services over the medium and long term.
Supported by a Clinical Advisory Group, the Board has agreed that the involvement of an existing tertiary cancer provider is key to service development, transition, staff retention and enabling patient access to clinical trials through embedding research within clinical services. In line with this, an alternative NHS tertiary cancer provider is being identified to operate services from the MVCC. The Board will then commence a comprehensive review of future options for service delivery. This review is expected to complete during 2020.