It is a public hospital affiliated to the University of Malta, offering general and specialist services.

The hospital is offering more advanced radiotherapy with two machines commissioned from the Leeds Spencer Centre, where they were introduced in 2013.

The machines enable more precise radiotherapy and stronger doses reducing the length and frequency of sessions.

Considerations by the Maltese Government for expanding radiotherapy services to include autologous transplants have also been made.

The government has also considered the development of a clinical trials unit through which Maltese patients would be able to benefit from new medicines not yet on the market.