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.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.