John Sisk & Son Starts Work On OUH Swindon Radiotherapy Unit

Irish family owned construction company John Sisk & Son has started building work on the OUH Swindon Radiotherapy Unit.

Jason Dorsett, Chief Finance Officer at Oxford University Hospitals and Dr Claire Hobbs, representing the Radiotherapy Service, joined Kevin McNamara, Chief Executive of Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Catherine Newman, Director of Fundraising at Brighter Futures, as they were shown around the site by Ajaz Shafi, Managing Director UK South of John Sisk & Son.

Ajaz Shafi, Managing Director, UK South, John Sisk & Son, said: "John Sisk & Son is excited to mark the official ground-breaking of OUH Swindon Radiotherapy Centre. The Sisk team and our local supply chain partners have been actively on site for 12 weeks. We have made an advanced start on the foundations of the linear accelerator bunkers and our team and local supply chain partners are making great progress. We look forward to building upon our relationships with OUH, Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Brighter Futures (The Charity of Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust) and the local community in Swindon."


Jason Dorsett, Chief Finance Officer at OUH said: "Bringing radiotherapy to Swindon has been a long-standing priority for the local NHS. So many people have been working for so long on this, it is great to see real progress. The difference this new facility will make to local cancer patients and their families is so important. The reduction in travel time means less stress and anxiety and more time to do other things."

The Radiotherapy Centre feeds into exciting plans to continue to upgrade and expand a whole range of services on the Great Western Hospital site through the Trust’s Way Forward Programme, which will include an expanded and co-located urgent and emergency care service and a centre of excellence for rehabilitation.

Oxford University Hospitals has invested £18.4 million in the project and local people have donated an incredible £2.9 million towards the specialist equipment needed to provide radiotherapy in Swindon, through Brighter Futures' Radiotherapy Appeal.