History
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre in Liverpool (CCC-Liverpool) is one of the UK's leading specialist cancer hospitals, treating almost 40,000 patients a year and serving the 2.4 million people of Cheshire, Merseyside and Isle of Man. Our roots date back to 1862 and we have a proud history of research, pioneering new treatments and innovations in patient care. Patients are referred to us from across the UK and beyond.
Our main hospital is The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre - Liverpool, which opened in June 2020 offering superb clinical facilities and a supportive patient environment. Our unique networked model includes our cancer centres in Wirral (opened 1958) and Aintree (opened 2011), our clinics are in hospitals across the region and we also provide treatment at home.
Profile
Our patient care covers Cheshire, Merseyside, the Isle of Man, parts of Lancashire, north Wales and beyond, providing care to >2.4 million people in the North West region of the UK.
We have 1,800 staff with a good mix of internationally trained colleagues. Our hospital is based within Liverpool's 'Knowledge Quarter' next to the city's main hospital and university. We take pride in constantly being rated being one of the top hospitals in England in the NHS annual Adult Inpatient Survey.
Our centre delivers seamless care to our patients through collaborative working with regional hospitals alongside rapid diagnostic services. We were the pioneers for acute oncology and the delivery of chemotherapy at home in the UK, a model since adopted by other hospitals. We also deliver a community diagnostic centre for the NHS more widely and host the Cheshire and Merseyside Cancer Alliance and the Cheshire and Merseyside Diagnostics Programme.
Specialities
- Regional specialist centre for oncology services including stem cell transplant, teenage and young adult (TYA) cancer and neuro-oncology.
- Systemic anti-cancer therapies.
- Stem cell transplant.
- Radiotherapy - including SABR, SRS, brachytherapy and Papillon (contact radiotherapy for early rectal cancers).
- Radiology and interventional radiology.
- National Centre for Eye Proton Therapy, attracting national and international referrals.
- Teenage and Young Adult (TYA) cancer care.
- Urgent cancer care and clinical decisions unit (CDU).
- Early-phase clinical trials unit is a leading centre for cancer vaccine research and other novel treatments.
- The first centre in Europe to set up exemplary specialist immunotherapy toxicity service for advice and support.
- Pioneers in metastatic spinal cord compression service (MSCC), a national vanguard which has shaped the latest NICE guidelines on MSCC and spinal metastases.
- Part of the world-renowned Liverpool Head and Neck Centre.
- A Tessa Jowell Centre of Excellence for Brain Cancer.
Palliative and Supportive Care
Our award-winning palliative and supportive care team provide outstanding personalised care and are widely published in academic journals. They are fully integrated with oncology and work closely with them to care for patients.
The team are national leaders in enhanced supportive care - an approach that focuses on the patient's own wishes, along with early intervention to manage and minimise pain, treatment side-effects and complications of cancer.
We have a specialist palliative radiotherapy service, led by a consultant radiographer.
Awards and achievements include:
- MASCC-Designated Centre of Excellence in Supportive Care
- BJN Oncology Nurse of the Year 2024
Last update: September 2024
