There are currently 38 upper gastro-intestinal cancer centres serving patients in England.
The following table provides a list of the centres, the relevant cancer network and the trusts covering the centres, as at 30 October 2008.
Information on the population served by each centre and details of when each centre commenced activity is not available centrally.
Cancer network Centre Trust Lancashire and South Cumbria Preston Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Merseyside and Cheshire Royal Liverpool Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen Hospitals NHS Trust Aintree Aintree University Hospitals NHS Foundation North East Wales North East Wales NHS Trust North of England James Cook South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust Newcastle/Carlisle1 Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust/North Cumbria University Hospitals NHS Trust Humber and Yorkshire Coast Leeds Leeds Teaching Hospital NHS Trust Yorkshire Bradford Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust Leeds Leeds Teaching hospitals NHS Trust North Trent Sheffield/ Doncaster2 Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust/Doncaster and Bassetlaw NHS Foundation Trust East Midlands Derby Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Leicester University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust Nottingham Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Anglia Norfolk and Norwich Norfolk and Norwich university Hospitals NHS Trust Addenbrookes Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Essex Mid Essex Mid Essex Services NHS Trust Mount Vernon Watford West Hertfordshire Hospital NHS Trust Arden Coventry University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust Pan Birmingham University Hospital Birmingham/ Heart of England3 University Hospital Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust/Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust North London University College London Hospital University College London Hospitals NHS Trust South East London Guy's and St Thomas' Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust South West London Royal Marsden Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust West London St Mary's Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust North East London Royal London Barts and the London NHS Trust Queen's Hospital Barking, Havering and Redbridge Hospitals NHS Trust Central South Coast Southampton Southampton university Hospitals NHS Trust Portsmouth Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust Thames Valley Oxford Oxford Radcliffe Hospitals NHS Trust Royal Berkshire Royal Berkshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Kent and Medway Maidstone Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust Surrey, West Sussex and Hampshire Royal Surrey Royal Surrey County Hospitals NHS Trust Sussex Royal Sussex County Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust Avon, Somerset and Wiltshire United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust Dorset Bournemouth Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Three Counties Gloucestershire Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust 1 There is a single multi-disciplinary team at Newcastle but operating at the Freeman and Carlisle Hospital. 2 There is a single multi-disciplinary team at Sheffield operating in both Sheffield and Doncaster on the basis of even flows to each site. 3 Operating as a joint centre on the basis of a single multi-disciplinary team with even flows to each site.