Construction is "on target" to be completed next year for a Surrey hospital's new cancer centre which has been earmarked to make the hospital "one of Europe's

leading cancer surgical centres". Guildford's Royal Surrey Hospital is set to see a significant increase in its capabilities in the next few years as part of a new £41.5 million

development known as the Cancer and Surgical Innovation Centre (CASIC). As of Thursday (May 29), all modular units, which make up the centre, are expected to be in place. Moreover, the Royal

Surrey NHS Trust said internal works will come next. This includes the construction of a corridor connecting the new centre to the main building. Already nearing on the third largest cancer

added: "Next, construction workers will focus on internal works – including laying the floor and dry lining the walls – and construction of the link corridor between the main hospital

building and the new Cancer and Surgical Innovation Centre. "Work remains on target to completed during 2026." Construction on the site to the back of the hospital began in

January, preparing the area for the arrival of 176 modules. These modules were built first in Hull and have been transported down to the Guildford site throughout May, with the final

delivery from up north expected to arrive this week. Upon arrival to the site, construction workers and a 450-tonne crane have been installing these modules to make up what will become the

pre-fabricated structure of the CASIC facility. The CASIC facility has been designated to replace the current surgical short stay unit, which the NHS Trust has previously described as

"aging" and has just a 23-bed capacity. Nevertheless, the new CASIC's facilities are expected to be larger and provide "state-of-the-art facilities" to patients and

staff alike. Once open to the public, the new three-storey building will house six "cutting-edge" operating theatres, a recovery area, a short-stay ward and a post-anaesthetic care

unit. The project will help to build on the Royal Surrey's "world-class services" in robotic and non-robotic surgery. It will also enable the hospital to "respond to

increasing demand" for cancer surgery and bring down waiting lists for all planned surgical procedures. When work first began, Group Chief Executive, Ashford and St Peter’s Hospitals

and Royal Surrey NHS Foundation Trusts, Louise Stead said: "We are very excited to have started work on our new Cancer and Surgical Innovation Centre which will become one of Europe’s

leading surgical centres." She further stated at the time: "As a regional cancer centre and large district general hospital providing a wide range of services, we need to keep

adapting to serve our growing population and keep up with the ever changing technology on offer. This whole project is going to transform our services and ensure we are supporting thousands

more people on the road to recovery and improving their experience of care. "I am hugely proud of everyone involved in this project and look forward to seeing it all come together over

the next year or so." Based in Park Barn, Guildford, the Royal Surrey County Hospital is a 520-bed district general hospital, which received an 'Outstanding' rating for its

hospital and it's maternity services in its most recent Care Quality Commission's (CQC) review.