Chair of Cambridge University Hospitals, Baroness Sally Morgan, and Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, Deborah Prentice have welcomed the Government’s announcement that Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital will be included in Wave 1 of the New Hospital Programme.
The Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, Wes Streeting, confirmed on Monday (20 January) that Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital remains on track to be built by 2029 following the Government’s recent review of the hospital building programme.
"We are delighted the Government has decided that our ambitious plans for Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital can proceed. This new NHS hospital will change the story of cancer, benefiting cancer patients from the East of England, the UK and internationally."
Baroness Sally Morgan, Chair of CUH
In naming the project as one of the schemes that has advanced plans in place, including significant progress on our full business case, the Government confirmed plans can continue for construction to start in 2026. A programme of pre-construction works will start next month.
Bringing together world-class NHS clinicians with cutting-edge University and industry-led research, the specialist cancer research hospital will accelerate the early detection of cancer and lead the way globally in delivering bespoke, precision treatments.
Watch the artists' impression fly through of the new Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital. Credit NBBJ/ Brick Visual.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vehRW2qWYbI
Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital is a partnership between Cambridge University Hospitals and the University of Cambridge. It will combine NHS clinical space with three new state-of-the-art research institutes. Additional fundraising and philanthropy will still be required to realise our vision for the new NHS hospital, as has always been the case. Fundraising efforts are being led by the University and by CUH’s hospital charity, Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust.
"Our teams are also working hard to secure much-needed philanthropic support to complement the funding committed by the NHS and the University. Generous donations will help realise our vision for this revolutionary, and much-needed, research hospital."
Deborah Prentice, University Vice-Chancellor
The seven storey, 27,083 m2 building will be built on the corner of Keith Day Road and Robinson Way on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Europe’s largest biomedical campus, next to Addenbrooke’s Hospital, AstraZeneca and Royal Papworth Hospital.