The Victorian Comprehensive Cancer Centre (VCCC) is a multi-site, multi-disciplinary specialist

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and

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located in

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, Australia. The VCCC comprises an alliance between

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, the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne Health, the

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, the

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, the

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, Western Health,

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, Austin Health, and the

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. Comprising two facilities located on two sites, the VCCC building opened on 24 June 2016 in Melbourne's Biomedical Precinct, located on the intersections of Flemington Road, Grattan Street and Elizabeth Street. The building houses the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, formerly in East Melbourne. The second facility is located inside the

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. The two sites are joined by pedestrian bridges over Grattan Street.

Cancer services

The VCCC as a multi-site collaboration is based on the

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model, which intends that through the collaboration of multiple sites, research and clinical care is increased. Clinical cancer services on-site are found in the Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, which house in total 160 inpatient beds, 110 same-day beds, 8 operating theatres, 2 procedure rooms and 8 radiation therapy bunkers. Additionally, there are approximately 1200 researchers that are housed in the upper floors of the VCCC.

Building project

Designed by architects from Silver Thomas Hanley, DesignInc and McBride Charles Ryan, the building project was delivered as a public-private partnership, costing 1.2 billion. Approximately $40 million in new medical and research equipment was bought prior to the opening of the new building. The project was delivered by the Plenary Health consortium, comprising PPP specialist

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, builders

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and PCL, and financiers including

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. In 2015 the

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, made a controversial alteration to the project, removing a

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planned for the centre. In the months prior to its opening, building management signed tenants for commercial spaces including four cafes, a shop and a pharmacy. The buildings architecture has since been awarded the Victorian Medal and the William Wardell Award for Public Architecture in 2017.

References

External links

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VCCC Project website
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Cancer services

Building project

See also

References

External links