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Moving into Macclesfield

Moving into Macclesfield

After many years in the planning, we were delighted to start treating patients at The Christie in December, marking a new chapter in cancer care for East Cheshire and the surrounding area. Funded through £23m from The Christie charity, The Christie at Macclesfield will transform cancer care not just in East Cheshire but in the rest of the county, North Staffordshire and the High Peak area of Derbyshire. The new centre provides a range of holistic services including radiotherapy, chemotherapy, immunotherapy, hormone therapies, haematology treatments, outpatient care, nurse-led clinics, counselling services, an information centre, palliative care and a wide range of clinical trials. It will be delivering 12,500 radiotherapy treatments every year and 6,800 chemotherapy, immunotherapy and hormonal treatments.

Did you know? • Cancer patients may need radiotherapy every weekday for up to six weeks. • There are two radiotherapy machines at The Christie at Macclesfield, each weighing 6.5 tonnes and costing around £2m each. They are housed in two treatment rooms that have been specially designed with concrete walls up to two metres thick. • The new centre will provide 46,000 patient appointments and visits each year and will provide care closer to home for more than 1,500 patients a year. The centre marks a new era in cancer care and treatment for people from East Cheshire and the surrounding areas. Many patients from Macclesfield and beyond previously had to travel to our Withington site and radiotherapy patients, in particular, will benefit from a shorter journey as they have to attend for treatment more regularly. This ambitious project includes: specialist examination rooms, a new chemotherapy suite, a CT scanner where treatments are planned, counselling and complementary therapy rooms, a cancer information centre, a charity centre and a refreshment area.

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