FAQs

Mount Vernon needs access to intensive care beds, but not too many. To build such a small intensive care unit would not be safe. It would be extremely difficult to staff and it would be very expensive to run which would divert resources from elsewhere.

At the moment we anticipate developing options between now and April 2021. As part of this we are working with local Integrated Care Systems, CCGs, other providers and Cancer Alliances, to understand the needs of the large population Mount Vernon cancer services serve, any variations in outcomes, access issues and more, as well as working on the feasibility of potential options – for example, whether a potential site has the necessary clinical support available, and identifying the costs and how we will pay for the new building work. We will only shortlist options that are possible.

We expect to run a formal 12-week public consultation starting in June 2021. Only once the feedback from public consultation has been fully considered can a final decision be made. This would be around November 2021.