HC Deb 22 April 1999 vol 329 cc652-4W
Mr. Brady

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the(a) designated and (b) accredited regional cancer centres, indicating the date of designation and accreditation in each case. [81731]

Mr. Hutton

Early implementation of the Calman/Hine Report reflected the different staring points in regions of the National Health Service and allowed the designation processes to fit local circumstances. There are currently no rigid criteria for the designation or accreditation of cancer centres. We are in the process of developing a set of common national standards and performance measures against the new performance framework which will apply across the country.

The following is a list of cancer centres by region with the date of designation where available.

South West Region

  • There are five cancer centres in South and West Region. All were designated in 1996, and redesignated in February 1999.
  • Avon, Somerset and Wiltshire
  • Devon and Cornwall (Exeter)
  • Devon and Cornwall (Plymouth)
  • Dorset
  • Three Counties

London

  • There are five cancer centres in London. All were provisionally designated in 1997.
  • South East London
  • South West London
  • North West London
  • North Central London
  • North East London

Trent

  • Four cancer centres were designated in Trent in 1995
  • Sheffield Cancer Centre
  • Nottingham Cancer Centre
  • Derby Cancer Centre
  • Leicester Cancer Centre

West Midlands

  • The West Midland are currently assessing 21 Acute NHS trusts as designated centres for 14 different cancer types

Eastern

  • Eastern Region have designated networks for the provision of services for up to 10 tumour sites. Designation was given to the following trusts in 1997.
  • Bedford
  • Luton and Dunstable
  • Addenbrooke's
  • Hinchingbrooke
  • Papworth
  • Norfolk and Norwich
  • James Paget
  • Peterborough
  • King's Lynn
  • Ipswich Hospital
  • West Suffolk
  • There are also two cancer centres from the former North Thames Region now located in Eastern Region which were designated in 1998.
  • Mount Vernon
  • Southend

Northern and Yorkshire

  • The four cancer centres in Northern and Yorkshire Region were all designated in 1995.
  • Hull
  • Leeds
  • Newcastle
  • Teesside

North West

  • North West Region are in the process of designating their Cancer Centres, Preston, Merseyside and Manchester in 1999–2000.

South East Region

  • There are five cancer centres in South East Region. Designated in 1996.
  • Southampton
  • Portsmouth
  • Provisionally designated in 1997
  • Brighton
  • Kent
  • Guildford
  • South East Region now also contains the following cancer networks from the former Oxford and Anglia Region.
  • Royal Battle and Berkshire
  • Heatherwood and Wrexham
  • South Buckinghamshire
  • Milton Keynes
  • Stoke Mandeville
  • Northampton
  • Kettering
  • Oxford Radcliffe
  • Horton General
  • Radcliffe Infirmary.