Oncology Services

We have the largest specialist non-surgical cancer treatment facility in the East Midlands and we provide an outstanding level of care and oncology services.

We provide cutting-edge chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatments and round-the-clock access to acute oncology services (AOS). Tallows us to reduce length of stay for acute cancer cases and avoid hospital admissions.

We have received national recognition and praise, and our patients benefit from the latest innovative treatments available, delivered by a team of committed and highly skilled staff. Our services at City Hospital:

Outpatient department: looks after patients at all stages of their illness from diagnosis through treatment to monitoring. Opening times are Monday - Friday, 8.45am-5.00pm.

Oncology daycase: this unit is based in the Specialist Receiving Unit (SRU) and offers a triage service for oncology patients. Daycase patients don’t usually have to stay in hospital overnight.

Centre for Clinical Haematology: this unit includes 40 inpatient beds, a Bone Marrow Transplant Unit and a daycase unit with services including stem cell/apheresis (treatments related to the blood).

Inpatient unit: provides treatment aimed at curing cancer and palliative care to relieve symptoms and slow the spread of cancer. It includes two 18-bedded wards (Fraser Ward for female patients and Gervis Pearson ward for male patients) plus an eight bedded mixed-sex ward (Hogarth), which incorporates the Teenage and Young Adult Unit. Hogarth ward also has an oncology day case unit for planned minor procedures and triage patients.