Headlines 2022

Moving into Macclesfield

Our first patient Sue Thompson from Holmes Chapel, was the first patient to receive chemotherapy in the new cancer centre. Having discovered a breast lump in early August 2021, Sue was diagnosed with breast cancer that September and has since undergone chemotherapy before surgery and radiotherapy. Sue said: “This centre makes a huge difference to patients from East Cheshire and the surrounding areas, providing the highest standard of care from The Christie, but all under one roof and closer to patients’ homes. I’ve gone on to have both chemotherapy and radiotherapy at the centre, and I’ve felt the tremendous benefit of being able to have my treatment locally. “The new centre is bright, airy, spacious, calm and relaxing. It is exactly what you want when you are going through something as challenging as cancer. It’s going to be much better for patients like me to be able to access Christie care in Macclesfield from now on.”

First for radiotherapy

Thomas Walker

Thomas Walker from Holmes Chapel was the first patient to receive radiotherapy at the new centre. Thomas was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2021 and referred to The Christie for hormone therapy and 20 sessions of radiotherapy treatment. He said: “The new centre looks great and I was so pleased that I could finish my radiotherapy treatment here rather than having to travel to Manchester which was a two hour round trip for me. The staff in Macclesfield were superb and looked after me so well. It feels so calm and is bright, clean and spacious, with brand new technology. I am sure that The Christie at Macclesfield will make a massive difference to so many patients like me from East Cheshire and the surrounding areas.”

Sue Thompson

Our team of experts A team of 53 staff are now in place to take care of our patients, covering a wide range of clinical and non clinical disciplines. The team features four consultants, nine nurses, 18 radiotherapists, three engineers, two specialist nurse practitioners, 10 admin staff and health care assistants, a physicist, an information centre co ordinator, complementary therapists, and a fundraiser to staff the new charity centre.

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