Royal Visit to Oxford’s Churchill Hospital  

The Duke of York visited the Churchill Hospital in Oxford during December to commemorate the opening of a new building that includes an integrated Cancer and Haematology Centre and provides a base for many NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre projects.

Chairman of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Dame Fiona Caldicott said: “Our staff, patients, fundraisers and volunteers all help to make the Churchill the fantastic hospital that it is, and we were very proud to be able to show His Royal Highness our new hospital building and the way in which research and education informs and improves our patients’ treatment.”

During his visit to the building His Royal Highness visited theatres where Professor Freddie Hamdy, who leads the Oxford BRC’s surgical innovation and evaluation theme, demonstrated robotic surgery. He also went on to meet patients on the Jane Ashley Ward and was introduced to staff from the NHS and the University, and invited guests.

The Churchill Hospital is a centre of excellence for cancer services and medical and surgical specialties including renal and transplant, oncology, haematology, dermatology, haemophilia, infectious diseases, and chest medicine. It also incorporates OCDEM (the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Medicine).