Velindre Cancer Centre
Cancer care facility in Cardiff, Wales
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The Velindre Cancer Centre (Welsh: Canolfan Ganser Felindre) is a specialist facility offering inpatient and outpatient care for cancer patients in Whitchurch, Cardiff, Wales.
| Velindre Cancer Centre | |
|---|---|
| Velindre University NHS Trust | |
| |
 Velindre Cancer Centre | |
  Shown in Cardiff | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom |
| Coordinates | 51.5163°N 3.2283°W |
| Organisation | |
| Care system | NHS Wales |
| Type | Specialist |
| Cardiff University | |
| Services | |
| No Accident & Emergency | |
| Beds | 47[1] |
| Speciality | Cancer |
| History | |
| Founded | 1956 |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in Wales |
The site is currently managed and owned by the Velindre University NHS Trust, and was previously owned by the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board.[2]
History
The facility was established as Velindre Hospital in 1956.[3] The name is a corruption of Melin Tref (transl. Mill Place).[3] The first linear particle accelerator was installed in 1961.[4]
The hospital became Velindre Cancer Centre in 1994[3] and a new radiotherapy unit opened in 2000.[3]
A new Maggie's Centre, designed by Dow Jones Architects[5] and funded by the Wales Government, opened in 2019.[6][7]
In July 2022, the comedian Rhod Gilbert, who is a patron of the centre, announced that he was being treated for cancer at the centre.[8]