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Heath Hospital offered Velindre space alongside Cardiff Uni cancer research in their new build due to start in 2023.","additional_details":"Velindre University Health Board would swap their current land (Whitchurch hospital site) for the meadow land, (owned by Cardiff and Vale Health Board). £30M of tax payers money would need be used to build access roads to enable building to take place on this land-locked meadow linked to SSSI.\r\n\r\nTaking away the Northern Meadows would be hugely detrimental to physical and mental well-being. \r\n\r\nCancer treatment has become more complex, and patients undergoing treatment have increasingly complex issues. Locating at the Heath alongside Cardiff Uni cancer research, would provide rapid access to intensive care and other key medical and surgical specialties when patients need them. \r\n\r\nThe proposed Velindre Cancer Centre model is outdated & must be scrutinised. 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