Macclesfield Case for Support

Whilst a small amount of chemotherapy is currently available in Macclesfield, many patients, including all those having radiotherapy, currently have to travel to The Christie in Withington, South Manchester, for the majority of their appointments. For those who live furthest away, this can mean hours spent travelling each day at a time when patients and their families are already very distressed. For radiotherapy in particular, patients may have to attend for treatment on a daily basis for up to six weeks. The new centre will give patients the option to have the highest standards of Christie care but closer to their homes than ever before. The Christie at Macclesfield will bring together essential cancer services into one purpose built unit, delivering radiotherapy, chemotherapy, clinical trials, holistic support such as complementary therapies, counselling and information services, outpatient care, palliative care and support services. Work on the new centre is expected to start in 2020 with the aim of opening by the end of 2021.

We need your help The total cost of this project is just over £26 million. The Christie charity is aiming to raise £23 million of this target.

With your help patients will no longer have to face long and tiring journeys to and from their cancer treatment.

£23 MILLION

Both myself and my wife have had radiotherapy at The Christie for our cancers. We know exactly how gruelling it can be to not only go through daily radiotherapy every day for five weeks, but to have the added stress of long journeys to and fromManchester. It makes it almost unbearable. Being able to have treatment closer to home will make a huge difference to patients in the future.” Keith Oldham, Congleton

One of our key aims is to give patients the option to have Christie care closer to home to enhance their patient experience during treatment, whilst still ensuring the best possible clinical outcomes. Care closer to home

The average patient in East Cheshire currently spends over 90 hours travelling to The Christie

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during a six week course of treatment.

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