Mission aims and values
Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS specialist cancer treatment facilities in the UK – employing 860 staff and treating more than 26,000 patients a year. Based in Wirral, we serve a population of 2.3 million across Merseyside, Cheshire, North Wales, the Isle of Man and parts of Lancashire. We provide an outstanding level of care; cutting-edge cancer treatments, a comprehensive network of off-site clinics and multi-disciplinary teams throughout the region, and a supportive environment committed to providing cancer patients and their families with advice and support.
We deliver treatments to our patients through radiotherapy and chemotherapy services. We also have a sophisticated diagnostic imaging department and are currently the only provider of proton therapy in the UK. With the support of the Teenage Cancer Trust we host the region’s Teenage and Young Adult Unit.
As one of the largest radiotherapy centres in the UK, during 2010/11 we delivered in excess of 100,000 outpatient radiotherapy treatments. We employ 124 therapy radiographers and operate ten linear accelerator machines. Three of these are located in our new radiotherapy satellite facility in Fazakerley, Liverpool which opened in February 2011. The £17m purpose built centre helps bring our expertise and treatment ‘closer to patients’ and partnership working with the neighbouring specialist neurological Trust (The Walton Centre) now offers Northwest cancer patients treatment options previously unavailable in the region.
We annually deliver 33,000 outpatient chemotherapy treatments and 2,000 inpatient chemotherapy episodes of care. In addition to the chemotherapy services available at our Wirral based site, the Centre also delivers chemotherapy treatments at weekly clinics in seven locations across the region. These nurse-led clinics are held in district hospitals and again help bring our expertise and treatments ‘closer to patients’. Last year our chemotherapy nursing team delivered just under 33,000 outpatient chemotherapy treatments. Of these 63% were delivered at off-site clinics - making this one of the most comprehensive network of chemotherapy clinics anywhere in the UK.
Our vision:
To provide outstanding cancer care through excellence in treatment, research, education and training.
Our values:
Putting people first
Achieving excellence
Passionate about what we do
Always improving our care
Committed to our future