The Royal Marsden Hospital

This is one of the UK’s specialist children’s cancer and leukaemia treatment centres.
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The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust
Downs Road
Sutton
Surrey
SM2 5PT

Telephone: 0208 642 6011
Website: www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk
Map: to view the hospital on a map click here (this takes you to the Multimap site). top of page

Bus: Several buses run past the hospital or stop nearby. Some of the bus stops are marked on the map, but bus numbers may vary due to changes in routes. Bus numbers 80, 280, 420 and 51 go from Sutton station to near the hospital and numbers 53 and 54 stop inside the hospital grounds.

Train: The nearest train stations are Sutton which is 1.25 miles away and Belmont which is 0.25 miles away.

Parking on Site: Limited car parking facilities exist. A weekly permit can be purchased for £20.

General: Paediatric Oncology – McElwain Ward

No. of Beds: 16

Age Range: Up to the age of 18

Play: The ward has a well-equipped play room for younger children. Teenagers have their own well-equipped room on the ward, exclusively for their use.

Learning: The ward has a schoolroom.

Other Facilities: There is a laundry room with two washing machines and dryers, plus ironing facilities. Other facilities for parents on the ward include a parent’s sitting room, kitchen, bath/shower rooms and lockable wardrobes.

Meal Times: There is a cook on the ward and the hospital provides meals for patients. Menus are distributed daily for you to make a selection on behalf of your child. Parents can make drinks/snacks etc for themselves in the ward kitchen.

Parents also have access to the Chatters restaurant or snack bar in the hospital.  The opening times are:

• Breakfast: 7.30am - 9.15am
• Lunch: 11.45am- 2.15pm or 12pm- 2pm Sat/Sun
• Dinner: 6.30pm - 7.15pm or 6.15pm-7.15pm Sat/Sun.

Rounds: All patients will be seen and examined each day by one of the ward doctors. This usually occurs in the morning but may be a little later during busy periods. The doctors will be happy to answer any questions that you or your child may have at these times.

Visiting Times: Visiting times are not restricted on the ward. Although there are no constraints, visiting after 8pm is discouraged as this is bed time or quiet time. Any visitors who have potentially been in contact with chicken pox/measles or other infectious diseases are advised not to come, as this could seriously compromise the health and well-being of the patients.

There is a fold-away bed beside each child's bed which allows at least one adult to stay at any time. Above the ward there is a parents’ flat with six bedrooms, strictly for adults, which has a fully equipped kitchen and a dining and sitting area. Space in this area is restricted and allocation of rooms is decided on a priority basis. There is also accommodation available in the Rhys Daniels flats in Belmont. Strict allocation criteria also applies in relation to this facility.

Young Persons Social Work Service: Although the CLIC Sargent team is based at the Sutton site, the Youth Social Worker offers a service to patients (and their families) up to the age of 24 years treated at both the Sutton and Fulham Road sites. This service bridges both paediatrics and adult services and links in with outside organsiations offering support to young people with cancer. Facilities on the adult units vary according to the type of ward. For more information please see the hospital website at www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk or speak to staff on the ward.

1 Team Leader
3 Social Workers
1 Young People's Social Worker
1 Team Administrator
1 Palliative Care Consultant top of page