{"id":44787,"date":"2020-11-13T15:35:51","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T15:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/?p=44787"},"modified":"2021-03-14T21:20:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-14T21:20:10","slug":"opposing-campaigns-face-anxious-wait-for-review-of-velindre-cancer-centre-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2020\/11\/13\/opposing-campaigns-face-anxious-wait-for-review-of-velindre-cancer-centre-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposing campaigns face anxious wait for review of Velindre Cancer Centre plans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Groups divided over location for proposed new \u00a3180m cancer centre in Whitchurch<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>CAMPAIGNERS are anxiously awaiting the outcome of a review into the new \u00a3180m Velindre Cancer Centre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The new centre, which is due to open in 2024, will be built to the north of the current Velindre Road site in Whitchurch and will be able to treat 8,500 patients and offer 160,000 appointments per year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But some local residents have formed a group because they are opposed to the site being built on the Northern Meadows area, while another group has been set up to back the current plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opponents of the plan received a boost in September when 57 health professionals who believe the centre should be located alongside an existing hospital, rather than on the Whitchurch site, wrote to Welsh Health Minister Vaughan Gething calling for an independent review.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both campaign groups are eagerly awaiting the outcome of what are expected to be three planning applications regarding the site and a review of the plan by the independent health think tank, The Nuffield Trust &#8211; commissioned in September as a result of the medics&#8217; intervention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One planning application, due to be determined by Cardiff Council, involves a temporary access road to allow machinery and trucks to access the site during construction, which is due to start in 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other two involve dealing with various conditions that were set when the centre was granted planning permission in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"570\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/11\/Velindre-map.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/11\/Velindre-map.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/11\/Velindre-map-300x223.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/11\/Velindre-map-293x217.jpeg 293w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"570\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/11\/Velindre-map.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44990\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/11\/Velindre-map.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/11\/Velindre-map-300x223.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/11\/Velindre-map-293x217.jpeg 293w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption>Plans showing access roads to the new Velindre Cancer Centre site. Image credit: NHS Wales, Velindre University NHS Trust.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Velindre University NHS Trust, which runs the centre, has asked The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nuffieldtrust.org.uk\/\">Nuffield Trust<\/a> for advice on the proposed model for delivering cancer care and the decision to develop the Northern Meadows site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/savenorthernmeadows\">Save the Northern Meadows<\/a> supports a new Velindre Cancer Centre being built, but does not believe that the Northern Meadows is the right site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Their campaign, which began earlier this year, is based on environmental concerns and more than 250 people attended a rally in June to protest against the potential destruction of a green area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>STNM campaigner Catherine Lewis, who lives on the Hollybush Estate in Whitchurch, supports the green argument and also understands the medical case for concentrating services on one site made in the letter to the Health Minister.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She is a former patient of Velindre, where she received chemotherapy and radiotherapy treatment, although the majority of her care was at Llandough Breast Cancer and The Heath Hospital. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mrs Lewis said: \u201cCancer treatment happens on many sites, so it makes sense to me that it would be better to have these things on a single site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;But the Northern Meadows are the only outside space for people living on the estate and are valuable as a pathway for Hollybush residents to access ASDA, the canal and the Taff Trail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBeing able to access outdoor space and be in nature has been really important in my recovery.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" 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https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/11\/Velindre-sign-293x293.jpg 293w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/11\/Velindre-sign-390x390.jpg 390w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/11\/Velindre-sign-585x585.jpg 585w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/11\/Velindre-sign-900x900.jpg 900w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/11\/Velindre-sign-1400x1400.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/11\/Velindre-sign-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44981\" 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390w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/11\/Velindre-sign-585x585.jpg 585w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/11\/Velindre-sign-900x900.jpg 900w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/11\/Velindre-sign-1400x1400.jpg 1400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/noscript><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>In August, a Facebook group in support of the proposed development on the Northern Meadows, Supporters of the New Velindre Cancer Centre, was set up. It has 22,500 members, many of whom have been involved in fundraising for Velindre. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Natasha Hamilton-Ash, an organiser of Supporters of the New Velindre Cancer Centre, said: \u201cThere are 22,500 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=w15rjwECysc&amp;ab_channel=NatashaHamiltonAsh\">supporters<\/a> of the new build in Whitchurch in our group and we all cannot wait for the build to start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is an issue for the whole of South-East Wales, not just some local residents. The land is private health board-owned and is not a public amenity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThere is plenty more green space to be found locally on the Taff Trail, Forest Farm and all of the other local green space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have raised over \u00a33,500 for Velindre in the last few weeks and so many inspirational stories come from our group members. It\u2019s heartwarming that everyone might be fighting their own battles, but we fully back Velindre\u2019s plans.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The supporters&#8217; group claims the signatories to the Minister&#8217;s letter were not all cancer specialists and the Whitchurch plan has the backing of experts from local health boards who have been working on the project for the last 10 years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wayne Griffiths, who has been an ambassador for Velindre for seven years, is also a member of the supporters&#8217; group. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He is a trustee of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.walesonline.co.uk\/news\/wales-news\/rhian-griffiths-died-cervical-cancer-10499880\">Rhian Griffiths Forget Me Not Fund<\/a>, which was set up in memory of his daughter who died in 2012 after a two-year battle with cervical cancer. The fund has raised \u00a3570,000 for Velindre.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Griffiths said: \u201cWe\u2019ve got an opportunity in Wales to have a world-class cancer centre. These plans for it have been 10 years in the making. That\u2019s a hell of a period of time over which there\u2019s been so much consultation with the public and with other hospital boards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a massive conservationist. I believe in the preservation of wildlife but we\u2019ve got to be pragmatic. When you\u2019ve got the opportunity for a world-class centre being built for the public of South Wales, not just Cardiff, we mustn&#8217;t lose out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTen years ago, my daughter became ill. I was at Velindre as a dad over the two-year battle that my daughter had with cancer, but also I started seeing how wonderful the staff were and trying their best. It didn\u2019t work with Rhian, devastatingly, but I\u2019ve been seeing the developments and it\u2019s a passion, and I want to help.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Clinical backing for Save the Northern Meadows<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Save the Northern Meadows campaign was founded to protect green space in Whitchurch, but members of the group and a local councillor believe their arguments have been overtaken by the medics&#8217; call to integrate cancer services elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whitchurch and Tongwnlais councillor Mia Rees said: \u201cThere\u2019s been concern amongst the clinicians who believe that cancer services need to be integrated with wider hospital care because you don\u2019t want to be moving people around different places.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThose clinicians basically want it all on one site, they want it built-in with the wider Heath Hospital site because they feel that plot would be right. They\u2019re not happy and they\u2019re not comfortable and they\u2019ve described it as unsafe and outdated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThose arguments have completely overtaken the environmental arguments made by the initial campaign, which was focused on saving the Northern Meadows as a green space for the public.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/11\/IMG_20201016_152836-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-44880\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/11\/IMG_20201016_152836-edited-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2020\/11\/IMG_20201016_152836-edited-300x225.jpg 300w, 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need additional care, treatment or surgery it\u2019s on-hand, rather than having to transfer them across Cardiff.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf the medical argument for building on there is flawed, which is what\u2019s been written by some of the clinicians, then that certainly seems to be the strongest possibility for us turning things around.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Although Velindre has commissioned the Nuffield Trust review &#8211; which has a strict scope and is not a wholescale review of the project &#8211; Councillor Rees would prefer a Welsh Government review instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf they\u2019re doing a thorough, rounded review, they should be speaking to everybody on all the different sides of the clinical argument,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019ll be really interesting to see what happens with the Nuffield Review but I am very concerned that Velindre will say: \u2018You asked for a full clinical review, and this is what we\u2019ve given 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