Plans to relocate a cancer centre to Watford General Hospital has been backed following a review. Mount Vernon Cancer Centre in Northwood - which caters to people around parts of north London and Hertfordshire - has been undergoing a review of services with feedback from patients, carers, staff and local people to modernise patient care and improve its facilities. Plans to modernise facilities started after the current site was found to be neglected, short of staff and not fit for purpose in July 2019. Many of the buildings were found to not be in a good state of repair, and concerns were raised regarding the long-term sustainability of the centre.
A nurse who was struck by Covid-19 near the start of the pandemic and was hospitalised for nine weeks says he is taking things “step by step” as he continues to recover. Franco Palo who contracted the virus at the age of 47 last year, was discharged from Northwick Park Hospital in Harrow on June 27, 2020 after his nine-week battle with the virus. After waking up more than a month later in intensive care, Mr Palo became around the 1,000th patient to be discharged at the London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust. The senior charge nurse was cheered out of Northwick Park Hospital by his colleagues after initially overcoming the virus, but even now he still continues to suffer from the long-term effects of the virus.
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