What hospital should I go to?

Sorry your partner has been diagnosed with PCa. Could you share with us why he wants to change to another hospital? If it is because he feels it's all taking too long, this is frequently the case in London Hospitals and indeed in some outside London too. I am presently a patient at University College London Hospital (UCLH or UCL). They have some excellent consultants and state of the art equipment but progress in my experience and others who have commented on it takes a very long time to go through all the stages through to treatment. Their admin is terrible too, they keep getting things wrong so unless there are particular reasons to use them (I am in a trial there), I would not recommend. However, generally, all the major London Hospitals provide good treatment

From what you say it does look like his PCa is advanced, and very possibly beyond the point where surgery was considered an option. The hospital to their credit did start him on HT immediately, which should help restrain his cancer at least for a time but very poor that his situation was not explained to him. Only after the bone scan has been considered will the diagnosis be complete and communicated to his GP and to him. He can ask to be copied into all correspondence about him.

The nurses on this charity are said to be very helpful and if it has not yet been obtained, a copy of the 'Tool kit' which explains much about PCa and is available from the publications section of this charity in the main part, could prove helpful.

It might be worth contacting the 'PALS' people at Whipps X to express dissatisfaction about inadequate communication and explanation so far.

As regards moving to another hospital, I think a referral will need to be made by your partner's GP or from Whipps X hospital if the latter is prepared to make one.

Edited by member 12 Oct 2016 at 23:57  | Reason: Not specified