A former senior manager at a dedicated cancer hospital has made a powerful video arguing a controversial replacement is being built in the wrong place. Dr Rosemary Fox argues the new centre, which is being built at a cost of £562m on a standalone site, needs to be located next to a major general hospital with emergency facilities.
Dr Fox was deputy director of cancer screening at Velindre University NHS Trust, later becoming the director of screening at Public Health Wales (PHW). PHW delivers the population screening programmes for Wales, including the three cancer screening programmes for breast, cervical and bowel cancer.
Dr Fox served on both Wales and UK national screening committees, and also represented the Welsh Government on the UK Department of Health’s Advisory Committee for Breast, Bowel and Cervical Screening. She retired in 2017 and was awarded an MBE for services to healthcare.
