Mount Vernon Cancer Centre public consultation: Patient transport

What the consultation is about:

Cancer care should be accessible to everyone, regardless of where they live or their personal circumstances. Access to treatment and the outcome for patients in our area varies considerably. We want to change that.

We’re planning changes to specialised non-surgical cancer services provided at Mount Vernon Cancer Centre for adults in Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire, North London, East Berkshire and parts of Buckinghamshire. The centre is at risk of being unable to continue providing specialist treatment without significant changes, including moving services to an acute hospital site.

We’re seeking your views on proposed changes which would see the cancer centre run by University College London Hospitals (UCLH) from a new building next to Watford General Hospital with more services in other local hospitals and an expansion of chemotherapy at home. Your feedback on these proposals will shape the future of cancer treatment in your area.

The consultation runs from Monday, 19 January to Sunday, 29 March 2026.

Events are planned during the consultation at different times, on different days in different locations, face-to-face and online. You will be asked to register in advance to ensure the events are well managed to provide the best experience for everyone, and to make sure views are captured.

This event will focus on discussions around patient transport.

Your information and this form

Mount Vernon Cancer Centre is working with an independent team called Olovus to run this consultation. In this form, we’ll ask for your contact information if you would like to know about other ways to get involved. You do not have to provide this information.

How your information will be used

Olovus will keep your personal information safe. They will only use it for this consultation. After the work is finished, Olovus will keep your information for no more than 6 months, then delete it. Under data protection law, NHS England East of England is responsible for your information. This means they are the data controller. Olovus collects, stores, and uses your information for the consultation. This makes them the data processor. Olovus may share the information you give them with NHS England East of England to help with this work.

Your rights

To learn more about how Olovus uses your information, your rights, and how to make a complaint, you can visit: Olovus.co.uk/mydata. This information is available in English, British Sign Language and Easy Read.

To learn more about how NHS England East of England uses your information, your rights, and how to make a complaint, you can visit: https://www.england.nhs.uk/privacy-policy/