History and milestones
Bupa Cromwell Hospital has always prided itself on being at the
forefront of installing state of the art equipment therefore
providing our patients with the many advantages of the latest
technology.
Bupa Cromwell Hospital was the first UK independent
hospital to:
- 1982 Open a Private Radiotherapy Department
- 1994/5 Upgrade treatment machines with state-of-the-art linear
accelerators featuring multi-leaf collimators and portal
imaging
- 1995 Install a Gamma Knife for the treatment of primary and
secondary brain tumours
- 2003 Receive BS EN ISO9001:2000 Certificate of Approval of the
Quality Management System for the Radiotherapy Department
- 2004 Introduce the Cancer Recovery Programme
- Offer laparoscopic renal Cryotherapy – a freezing technique for
treating kidney cancer less invasively
- 2005 Offer one-stage prostate Brachytherapy for the treatment
of prostate cancer
- Install our first Tomotherapy Hi-ART System ®, the world’s most
advanced radiotherapy treatment system
- 2006 Install a PET-CT scanner
- Install a second Tomotherapy Hi-ART System ®
- 2007 Install the Gamma Knife Perfexion for the treatment of
brain, head and neck lesions
- Offer Sentinel Node Imaging and Surgery for breast cancer
patients all under one roof