People have three weeks to have their say on plans to standardize Urology cancer services across the Black Country and improve patients’ experience.
Under proposals from the Black Country Provider Collaborative (BCPC) – made up of The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust, Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust and The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust – Urology cancer patients will have their surgery at one designated center, depending on their illness.
Surgery for renal/kidney cancer patients would take place at Russells Hall Hospital in Dudley, which would become a specialized renal/kidney surgical centre, including robotic surgery.
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