Service Users’ Views on the Chartwell Unit

News - 16 March 2026

In September 2025, following an internal review of inpatient cancer care provided on the Chartwell ward, King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust began developing proposals to change their delivery of inpatient cancer care. Healthwatch Bromley undertook a major engagement exercise with patients, families and professionals. This report is written from the independent standpoint underpinning all our work.

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