Weston Park Cancer Centre
Weston Park Hospital has a world-leading reputation as a centre of excellence in the fight against cancer.
Our purpose-built Cancer Research Centre, partly funded through charitable gifts and donations, is fully integrated within Weston Park Hospital and is credited as a pioneer of numerous modern advances within the field of cancer research.
A Cancer Information and Support Centre has been built specifically at Weston Park Hospital, offering ongoing help and advice to patients and families coping with daily life under very difficult circumstances.
As home to what is arguably the best radiotherapy department in the UK (and the only one in the vicinity of South Yorkshire, North Nottinghamshire and North Derbyshire), Weston Park is ideally equipped to handle the 6,000 new cases of cancer diagnosed annually in this region alone. On average, nearly 60,000 patient visits are received every year by the department.
Weston Park Hospital’s expertise resides in its range of effective radiotherapy and chemotherapy treatments that are performed here. Patients travel from all across the country, in some cases even from abroad, in order to receive the specialist treatments and care for which Weston Park is renowned.
A purpose-built Teenage Cancer Unit, with its comfortable ‘home-from-home’ atmosphere, caters for the needs and emotional support of young cancer sufferers (between the ages of 16 and 25), for whom the treatment experience may be particularly daunting. For patients undergoing a more intensive regime of chemotherapy Weston Park possesses 79 inpatient beds spread over three separate wards.
There is also a eight bedded assessment unit where patients who are receiving treatment but experiencing side effects can be seen for advice and treatment.
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Travel plan coordinator Laura Fish laura.fish1@nhs.netHow to find us and site map
Please Click here below for the site map for the Central Campus and patient travel guide.
Travel
Car Parking
This advice is currently under review due to evolution of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Public Transport
H1 Hospital Shuttle Bus – This bus is free to all Sheffield Teaching Hospitals staff that show their ID badge and operates between the hours of 6am and 6pm. It travels between the Clock Tower Building at the Northern General and Beech Hill Road at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, but you can also catch it from certain stops along the route. The timetable can be accessed here: https://www.travelsouthyorkshire.com/en-gb/timetabledetails/4179a789-0ec8-454f-923e-a1dcb7ef6f8c
Many other bus routes serve the Northern General site, details can be found by using the journey planner on the Travel South Yorkshire website: https://journeyplanner.travelsouthyorkshire.com/
Cycling
This map shows the location of staff cycle parking at the Central Campus
For keen cyclists there are a number of areas around the hospital where bikes can be locked & kept throughout the day. There are open areas where you can chain your bike or there are also secure bike shelters which can be accessed by code or key only. To request access please contact Roxanne Maritz, Travel Plan Co-ordinator on roxanne.maritz@nhs.net