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Irish Post
3 days ago
- Business
- Irish Post
Sisk begins construction work on Great Ormond Street children's cancer centre
CONSTRUCTION work has begun on a new children's cancer centre at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH). Irish-headquartered John Sisk & Son (Sisk) are the main contractors for the project, which will start with four months spent demolishing the existing cancer centre. Following this excavation and works on the basement will begin, before moving 'onwards and upwards until the world-leading new centre is complete' a Sisk spokesperson confirmed. A ground-breaking event was held at the site in central London as works got underway on June 4. Ger Hayes, Sisk's Managing Director for UK South, said it marked a 'huge milestone' in the project, which has been 'six years in the making'. 'Now we transfer from the pre-contract phase into the construction phase,' he explained. The construction phase of the GOSH Children's Cancer Centre project has now begun 'We are going to really move on to the exciting bit now, which is pushing on with the demolition and the construction of the brand new state of the art cancer care centre at GOSH.' The construction phase is expected to take four years and will be undertaken while day to day life at the hospital continues. 'This is a complex build in a complex environment, working and operating within an operational hospital,' Gary Beacham, Children's Cancer Centre Delivery Director at GOSH, confirmed. Once completed the new centre will increase their cancer centre capacity by 20 per cent. It will also feature digitally advanced inpatient wards and a new hospital school. 'The thing that has got everybody behind this job is what it will be at the end,' Mr hayes explained. 'When you walk around this place and you see some of the sickest kids and families and the toll it takes on them, if we can build something that will make that better it will make it better for the clinicians it will make it better for the families, it will make it better for everybody. 'And that is the ultimate aim, that in four years' time we will be back here celebrating that.' Steven McGee, who is Sisk's Chief Operating Officer for Ireland and UK, outlined where the project is at currently. 'Weve done the soft strip, we are about to start the demotion followed by the basement box frame façade,' he said. 'So it's a four-year journey and at the end it will be a world class children's cancer care unit that will leave a lasting legacy, not just in London but in our business.' GOSH has launched the Build It. Beat It. fundraising appeal to help fund the project. At the ground-breaking event, hospital staff were joined by principal donor, John Grayken and long-time GOSH Charity supporters the Said family as well Public Health and Prevention Minister Ashley Dalton. The appeal is aiming to raise £300m to help build the Children's Cancer Centre. 'The Children's Cancer Centre will make a difference to every child who comes to GOSH, and particularly, it will help us advance how we care and treat children who have rare and complex cancers,' Mat Shaw, Great Ormond Street Hospital Chief Executive, said at the event. 'A massive thank you to everyone who is supporting the Build It. Beat It. appeal – we couldn't do this without you," he added. Mr Dalton said he hospital is a "symbol of what we can achieve when we combine the excellence of our NHS people, innovative technologies, ground-breaking treatment and world-class research". 'As someone living with cancer myself, I know how terrifying a diagnosis can be - and when it happens to our children, that's unimaginable," he added. 'These families deserve a government that's backing them every step of the way, which is why we've relaunched the Children and Young People Cancer Taskforce and will ensure children's cancer is at the forefront of our Plan for Change." GOSH and Sisk are "working hard to limit the impacts of the development on the local community and families who are coming to the hospital", they confirmed this week. Sisk are using a range of different methods for the works to limit dust, noise and vibrations during the build. See More: Children's Cancer Centre, Construction, GOSH, Sisk
BBC News
07-05-2025
- Automotive
- BBC News
Royal Sussex Brighton hospital bosses drop extra parking plans
Hospital bosses drop plans for extra parking The reverse move came to light in a planning application Hospital bosses have proposed dropping plans to build hundreds of parking spaces to cater for extra staff, patients and visitors at the Royal Sussex. The move was revealed in an application to amend already granted planning permission for the new Sussex Cancer Centre building in Eastern Road, Brighton. The scheme was granted consent with a two-floor basement car park, but the revised proposal - which goes before council planners later - would have almost 300 fewer parking spaces, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS). The original plans were approved in March 2012, and the extra parking reflected the Royal Sussex becoming an increasingly wider regional centre for medical care.
ITV News
30-04-2025
- Health
- ITV News
Father from Llantrisant urges young people to get HPV vaccine after daughter's death from cancer
A father from Llantrisant whose daughter died from cervical cancer is urging young people to get themselves protected by having the HPV vaccine. Rhian Griffiths was diagnosed with cervical cancer at the age of 22 in March 2010 and died aged 25 in June 2012. The vaccine wasn't available to Rhian but her father Wayne wants all young people - both boys and girls - to get a vaccination to protect themselves when offered. Human papillomavirus is a common virus in the UK, and it is estimated that 8 out of 10 people will be infected with HPV at some point in their lives. Most HPV infections don't show any symptoms and for most people the virus clears from the body naturally without causing any harm. But in some cases it can lead to cell changes that may develop into cancer. Rhian who was a nursery teacher from Llantrisant received swift treatment after her diagnosis including surgery, chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Despite her care, the cancer returned and Rhian passed away in 2012. Wayne says that Rhian "battled stoically the horrible disease that she sustained over a two year period which culminated in her death in 2012. "What if the vaccine for HPV had been around when she was that age, when she was in year 8 or year 9? She could be with us now. She was just unlucky that the tumour, the cancers that she had was resistant in the end and unfortunately it happens to a few people to say the least. Wayne added "if she'd had that vaccine in year 8 or year 9 it might have saved her, we don't know do we, but it does save a lot of people from the ultimate diagnosis. "You've got to grasp every opportunity to prevent cancer and it's a proven made a vast difference to young people." Since then her parents have raised, more than £1 million in memory of Rhian as part of the Rhian Griffiths Forget Me Not Fund. It supports funds for the Velindre Cancer Centre. It comes as Public Health Wales is urging parents and guardians to make sure their children take up the offer of a HPV vaccine at school. Chris Johnson, Head of the Vaccine Preventable Disease Programme at Public Health Wales, said: 'Most HPV infections don't show any symptoms and for most people, the virus will clear from the body naturally without causing harm. However, in some cases it can lead to cell changes that may develop into cancer, or cause genital warts. 'High-risk types of HPV are linked to cervical cancer, head and neck cancers, and other cancers of the genitals and anus. 'The HPV vaccine is a safe and highly effective single-dose vaccine that is offered to all children at 12 to 13 years of age, or school year 8. It provides long-lasting protection against HPV and the cancers it can cause.' Some HPV-related cancers are more common in men than women, yet despite this, boys are less likely to get their HPV vaccine than girls. At present the Welsh Government has a 90 per cent vaccination target rate with the vaccine being offered to all year 8 pupils and those who may have previously missed their vaccination. Public Health Wales has said young people who don't attend school or have missed their HPV vaccination in school will have opportunities to receive the vaccine, either in school, community vaccination centres or through their GP. Young people remain eligible to receive the HPV vaccine until their 25th birthday, although for boys this only includes those born after 1 September 2006. Chris Johnson added: 'It's important that parents and guardians understand the benefits of the HPV vaccine and how it can help protect their children later in life. "We're urging them to make sure their child takes up the vaccine when offered, to help protect them from HPV-related cancer in the future.'
