{"id":7608,"date":"2025-09-05T07:46:41","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T07:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/?p=7608"},"modified":"2025-09-05T07:46:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T07:46:41","slug":"robertson-set-for-30m-sir-bobby-robson-cancer-institute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cita.co.uk\/news\/robertson-set-for-30m-sir-bobby-robson-cancer-institute\/","title":{"rendered":"Robertson set for \u00a330m Sir Bobby Robson cancer institute"},"content":{"rendered":"

Plans have gone in for a \u00a330m cancer treatment and research hub at Newcastle\u2019s Freeman Hospital, with Robertson Construction North East lined up as main contractor.<\/p>\n

The Sir Bobby Robson Institute will pioneer innovations in cancer care and expand the number of clinical trials available for patients across the North East, north Cumbria and North Yorkshire.<\/p>\n

Robertson has been working with Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust since January under the ProCure23 framework, providing pre-construction and technical design support alongside P+HS Architects.<\/p>\n

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The design is inspired by the molecular hexagon structure behind Rubraca \u2013 the first \u201cGeordie cancer drug\u201d \u2013 and would unite the existing Sir Bobby Robson Cancer Trials Research Centre with cancer and blood disorder research teams in a new three-storey facility.<\/p>\n

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Neil Kennedy, regional managing director at Robertson Construction North East, said the milestone marked \u201cthe next step in delivering a facility that will have a profound impact on cancer treatment and research across both the North East and globally.\u201d<\/p>\n

So far, \u00a320m has been raised by supporters of the Sir Bobby Robson Foundation, part of Newcastle Hospitals Charity, with a new fundraising campaign set to launch for the final \u00a310m.<\/p>\n

If planning permission is granted, work could start next spring with completion due in 2028.<\/p>\n

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from Construction Enquirer https:\/\/ift.tt\/RrXb1Jh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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