The Mount Vernon Cancer Centre is safe!

Success, at long last! The 2002 Varley Review recommendations have been overturned – so, no more talk about moving the Cancer Centre away from Mount Vernon.

Instead all efforts will be directed towards making Mount Vernon the hub of a system with satellite services further north, in Hertfordshire or Bedfordshire, to provide routine radiotherapy for those who currently have very long journeys.

The current Review’s Interim Report is being launched on Monday 30th March, at a stakeholders’ conference, but the document is already in the public domain. The main issue now is to ensure that services remain first rate in both Mount Vernon and any satellites. No one wants second-class services, even if they are close to home.

This success is a triumph for local people. The two Community Voice petitions – each with over 70,000 signatures - were a lot of hard work, but the outcome is very sweet. When ordinary people pull together, they can make things happen!

Joan