Completed petition Support for the current proposed plans to build a new Velindre Cancer Centre, Cardiff, in any future inquiry.

The current location lacks adequate parking and accessed is often delayed causing additional stress and anxiety to patients. The 60 year-old Velindre Cancer Centre does not have the facilities or space to meet this future challenge.

We want a space that blends medical care with nature.

The last couple of decades have seen a major development of research into the impact of architectural design on the success of healthcare environments.
One example is 'healing architecture'. The term ‘healing architecture’ was first coined in the 1980s, and is a specific discipline of the ‘healing environment’, which investigates the influence of the environment on patients’ healing and recovery process. Research shows that patients could be discharged earlier, and needed fewer painkillers post-surgery, if they were in rooms with a view of a park with trees. Later studies demonstrated that such factors are important not only for the well-being of patients and residents, but for employees as well.