# Weston Park Cancer Centre, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals

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## TL;DR

One of only a handful of dedicated cancer hospitals in England, serving South Yorkshire and beyond since 1970.

## Summary

Weston Park Hospital opened in 1970 and is one of a small number of dedicated NHS cancer hospitals in England, now run by Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust as the Weston Park Cancer Centre. It provides radiotherapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, teenage and young adult cancer care and a large clinical trials unit for South Yorkshire, North Derbyshire and parts of Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire. Research with the University of Sheffield includes bone oncology and bone metastasis (the Mellanby Centre), sarcoma, and radiotherapy, and the Weston Park Cancer Charity funds research and patient support on site.

## Fields

- Kind: Institution
- Last checked: 2026-09-10
- Also known as: Weston Park Hospital
- Tags: nhs-specialist-cancer-centre
- City: Sheffield, GB
- Type: cancer-center
- Website: https://www.westonparkcancercentre.nhs.uk

## Sources

- Official website: https://www.westonparkcancercentre.nhs.uk

## Connected records

- cancers: [Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma](https://onco.cc/cancers/pancreatic/)
- terms: [Bone metastases and skeletal-related events](https://onco.cc/terms/bone-metastases/), [Clinical trial](https://onco.cc/terms/clinical-trial/), [Radiotherapy](https://onco.cc/terms/radiotherapy/)
- people: [Kirsten Major](https://onco.cc/people/kirsten-major/)
- trials: [Precision-Panc](https://onco.cc/trials/precision-panc/)
- collections: [UK specialist HPB cancer centres](https://onco.cc/collections/uk-hpb-specialist-centres/)
- institutions: [South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Cancer Alliance](https://onco.cc/institutions/south-yorkshire-bassetlaw-cancer-alliance/)

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