ONCOLOGY
WORLD-LEADING CANCER TREATMENT AND CARE The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, ranked among the world's leading centres for cancer research, and pioneering treatment and care for international patients, has opened a new private care facility on Cavendish Square
Rated ‘outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission (CQC), The Royal Marsden is located in Chelsea and Sutton. It has recently expanded its private care presence to Cavendish Square, in the heart of the capital’s world-renowned healthcare district. The Royal Marsden is a centre of excellence with an international reputation for ground-breaking research and pioneering the very latest in cancer treatments and technologies.
hotel-style service, single en-suite rooms and direct access to their treating consultant. A specialist International Advocate Service ensures that all the needs of overseas patients are met, both from a cultural perspective and in terms of treatment and care. They work closely with a multinational team of interpreters, including a dedicated Arabic Advocate Service, which can offer one-to-one translations.
Together with its academic partner, The Institute of Cancer Research, The Royal Marsden is one of Europe's leading cancer centres, with unrivalled cancer expertise and over 2,500 specialists who cover the rarest and most complex cases. Surgical teams at The Royal Marsden are innovators in their field, and the hospital’s radiotherapy department is one of the largest in the UK, delivering more than 75,000 treatments every year.
Royal patronage
The Royal Marsden Private Care offers an award-winning service, having won the LaingBuisson Best Hospital Award in 2020 for the third time. Private patients are offered additional benefits, including
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Her Majesty the Queen is the Patron of The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust, and HRH the Duke of Cambridge has been President for 14 years, regularly visiting the hospital to meet with staff and patients. Last year, he showed his support for staff through video calls and letters to pay tribute to and thank the teams for all their hard work during the Covid-19 pandemic. He also attended a special event to mark the start of building work on The Royal Marsden’s Oak Cancer Centre, in Sutton, a state-of-the-art research and treatment facility being funded by The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity.
