Cumberland Infirmary to build new cancer unit

Graham Construction has been awarded an £18.3M contract to design and construct the new cancer centre at Cumberland Infirmary in Carlisle for North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The project was awarded through the Procure22 Framework and will see Graham deliver an 18-bay chemotherapy suite, a three-bed bay for day patients and a CT scanner suite.

Keith Hayes, Healthcare Director for Graham, said: “The project to create a new cancer centre at Cumberland Infirmary will play a vital role in improving facilities and services available to clinicians, patients and families across the region.

“It’s a crucial piece of work, and a positive step towards realising the NHS England Specialised Commissioners’ strategy for delivering sustainable models for cancer services in Cumbria.”

Services delivered in the new facility will include radiotherapy, day-case chemotherapy, oncology late phase clinical trials and oncology outpatient clinics.

A supportive therapies unit and management team for the services offered in the new facility will also be based in the cancer centre.

The project is currently in the design phase, with work expected to complete in January 2021.