25-527: Philip Gould, Baron Gould of Brookwood (1950–2011) was a British political consultant and former advertising executive Philip or Phil Gould may also refer to: Philip Gould, Baron Gould of Brookwood Philip Gould, Baron Gould of Brookwood (30 March 1950 – 6 November 2011 ) was a British political consultant , and former advertising executive , who worked for the Labour Party . Appointed by Director of Communications Peter Mandelson , he
50-837: A close affiliation with the Institute of Cancer Research , which originated as the hospital's research department and is located alongside the hospital in Brompton and Belmont. Through its subsidiary The Royal Marsden School , it offers undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in cancer care validated by the University of East Anglia . The Royal Marsden's Brompton site is adjacent to the Royal Brompton Hospital , in Fulham Road . As of 2020 , this site had 112 inpatient beds and 7 operating theatres . The Belmont site
75-617: A major partnership with Imperial College London in the Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre. The Royal Marsden was the first hospital in the world dedicated to the study and treatment of cancer . It was founded as the Free Cancer Hospital in 1851 by William Marsden at 1, Cannon Row , Westminster . Marsden, deeply affected by the death of his wife Elizabeth Ann from cancer, resolved to classify tumours, research
100-804: A place at the University of Sussex in 1971 to study politics, graduating in 1974. Gould went to the London School of Economics (LSE) to study for an MSc in the history of political thought, where he was taught by the political scientist Michael Oakeshott . Later he returned to the LSE to teach a course in Modern Campaigning Politics. After a career in advertising, and with the success of his wife Gail Rebuck (later CEO of Random House UK ), whom he had met at Sussex, Gould founded his own polling and strategy company, Philip Gould Associates, in 1985. Appointed by Mandelson, Gould recruited
125-479: A sickness absence rate of 2.85%. 89% of staff recommend it as a place for treatment and 71% recommended it as a place to work. In March 2016 the trust was ranked third in the Learning from Mistakes League . The trust hopes to raise 45% of its income from private patients and other non-NHS sources in 2016/17 and is trying to raise its income from paying patients from £90m to £100m. According to LaingBuisson it
150-637: Is a specialist National Health Service oncology hospital in London based at two sites in Brompton , in Kensington and Chelsea , and Belmont in Sutton . It is managed by The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and supported by The Royal Marsden Cancer Charity . In addition to providing cancer diagnosis, treatment and care, The Royal Marsden is a major centre for cancer research and teaching. It has
175-592: Is in the far south of Greater London , adjacent to the former Sutton Hospital, High Down and Downview Prisons, and the Metropolitan Green Belt . This site houses some of the hospital's large diagnostic and radiotherapy equipment, including the UK's only combined MR - Linac . The Royal Marsden provides diagnostic services, treatment and care for adults and children with cancers, as inpatients and outpatients, or as day care. 50,000 people are treated at
200-690: Is the most commercially orientated NHS hospital. It increased private patient income by 13% from 2014 to 2016 to £77 million. In 2018-19 it made £121 million through its private patient units, more than a quarter of its total income, and about 18% of all the private healthcare carried out in England by the NHS. This growth was led by imaging and robotic surgery. In 2019-20 50% of the trust's total revenue, £463 million, came from NHS work. 9% came from Kuwait. Payments from health insurance firms accounted for 16%, and self-pay patients for 2%. The main commercial rival
225-495: Is the most extraordinary time of my life, certainly the most important time of my life. Gould then turned his impending death into a campaign as a way of making his departure easier for his wife and daughters as well as helping others by writing and talking about facing up to death. His efforts resulted in an eight–minute film entitled, When I Die: Lessons from the Death Zone , a documentary of Gould's final weeks of life that
250-533: The New Labour brand as being contaminated. On 7 June 2004 he was created a life peer taking the title Baron Gould of Brookwood , of Brookwood in the County of Surrey . In 2007, he assumed a non-executive director role at Freud Communications , the firm of Blair's former diary secretary, Kate Garvey . Preceding an interview with Andrew Marr on a Sunday morning BBC TV show, 18 September 2011, it
275-432: The 1850s until its benefactors decided to find a permanent solution. Funds were raised to build a dedicated new building on a tract of land in Brompton along the Fulham Road . The design was by Messrs John Young & Son . The hospital was granted its royal charter of incorporation by King George V in 1910 and became known as The Cancer Hospital (Free). This was subsequently changed by King Edward VIII to include
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#1732787321336300-420: The 1980s. The Banstead Road site later became a sanatorium , before the southern half of the site was acquired by Royal Marsden in 1962. On 2 January 2008, just before 1:30 pm, a fire broke out in a plant room on the top floor of the hospital. When the fire was at its peak, 125 firefighters and 16 ambulances were in attendance. Over the period of the fire, 111 fire appliances attended with 56 officers including
325-659: The NHS in 1948, but the two retained close ties. The ICR's laboratories are located alongside the Royal Marsden in Brompton and Belmont, and the two organisations produce a joint research strategy. Many of the hospital's consultants also have research roles with the ICR, and some facilities are shared between the organisations, such as the Joint Department of Physics, which operates the linac . The hospital also participates in wider research collaborations, including
350-485: The Royal Marsden every year. As of 2020 , the Care Quality Commission reported that the Royal Marsden had 219 inpatient beds, 70 day care beds, and 513 outpatient clinics. The Royal Marsden works in collaboration with The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), which was founded in 1909 as the hospital's research department. The ICR legally separated from the hospital when the latter became part of
375-627: The Shadow Communications Agency, a team of communications volunteers who created Labour's unsuccessful 1987 election campaign. This led to his position of influence within the Labour Party under Neil Kinnock and Tony Blair . In 1992, he planned the Sheffield Rally for the Labour Party, eight days before its loss of the 1992 general election. Gould was the author of a leaked memo which, in 2000, described
400-762: The Sutton site were first used as the Banstead Road branch of the South Metropolitan District School, which was a 'district' school for children of workhouse inmates in south London. In the 1890s, girls were kept at the Banstead Road site and boys were kept at a site in Brighton Road, which was built in 1851. The Brighton Road site later became Belmont workhouse and Belmont Psychiatric hospital, before being demolished in
425-400: The assistant commissioner. The smoke was visible for miles around. All 200 staff, outpatients, and 79 inpatients were evacuated to a local church and the neighbouring Royal Brompton Hospital , some carried on mattresses by emergency responders and doctors. Five operating theatres and at least two wards were put out of action. Two patients were undergoing surgery in the operating theatres in
450-530: The basement and had to be evacuated. Two firefighters and one member of staff suffered slight smoke inhalation but there were no other casualties or injuries. They were taken to another hospital for treatment. The entire roof of the Chelsea Wing of the hospital was burned through, and the top floor was also affected, but a hospital official said that damage was less than thought and no research documentation had been lost. The surgeon William Ernest Miles
475-408: The causes and find new treatments. The hospital at first consisted solely of a dispensary and the drugs prescribed were palliative and aimed at treating symptoms, but it allowed William Marsden the opportunity to study and research the disease. The hospital quickly outgrew its original premises as it became apparent that some patients required inpatient care. It moved locations several times during
500-548: The hospital. The Royal Marsden's main lecture theatre is named in honour of consultant radiotherapist Julian Bloom. The Royal Marsden Hospital is operated by an NHS Foundation Trust . Formed in April 2004, it was one of the first NHS Foundation Trusts. It was named by the Health Service Journal as one of the top hundred NHS trusts to work for in 2015. At that time it had 3528 full-time equivalent staff and
525-569: The word ‘Royal’. When the National Health Service was formed in 1948, the Royal Marsden became a post-graduate teaching hospital. In 1954, it was renamed the Royal Marsden Hospital in recognition of the vision and commitment of its founder. In response to the need to expand to treat more patients and train more doctors, a second hospital in Sutton , London, was opened in 1962. The original buildings on
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#1732787321336550-602: Was appointed to the hospital in 1899 and at the age of 60 was forced to retire, much against his will. In 1908, Thomas Horder , later raised to the peerage , was appointed as the hospital's first physician. Professor of radiotherapy at the University of London David Waldron Smithers chaired the committee that constructed and established the Surrey branch of the Marsden, which was opened in 1963. He led radiation oncology at
575-798: Was released on the video–sharing website YouTube before the release of his book by the same name. Gould died on 6 November 2011 at Royal Marsden Hospital , a specialist cancer treatment hospital in London. It was stated that proceeds from his 2012 book, When I Die: Lessons from the Death Zone , would go to the National Oesophago–Gastric Cancer Fund and the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity . Before he died, Gould stated that he would be cremated and his urn interred at Highgate Cemetery . Argent spined Or Royal Marsden Hospital The Royal Marsden Hospital
600-478: Was revealed that his treatment for three-times recurring cancer of the oesophagus had been unsuccessful. After being told by his doctor that he only had three months to live, Gould described himself as being in the "death zone": This time it was clear. I was, you know... I was in a different place, a death zone, where there was such an intensity, such a power. And apparently this is normal. And so, even though obviously I'd, you know, rather not be in this position, it
625-642: Was strategy and polling adviser to the Labour Party in the general elections of 1987 , 1992 , 1997 , 2001 and 2005 . Involved in 'modernising' the party's image, Gould was particularly associated with Tony Blair and New Labour . Gould grew up in Woking , his father was a headmaster, but failed his 11-plus and went to a secondary modern school . Leaving school with only one O-level , he went on to study at East London College , based in Toynbee Hall , where he gained four A-levels . He subsequently won
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