Macclesfield Project Review

A brief timeline

March 2019 The Christie charity launched a fundraising appeal to raise £23 million to build a new state-of-the-art cancer centre in the grounds of Macclesfield District General Hospital

May 2020 Building work began

September 2021 2 radiotherapy machines weighing 6.5 tonnes each and a CT scanner weighing 3 tonnes delivered to the new centre

February 2022 First radiotherapy patient to be treated

£23 m

September 2019 Planners at Cheshire East Council granted permission for the build

March 2021 Structural frame completed and construction reached its highest point

December 2021 The project was completed and Sue Thompson from Holmes Chapel was the first patient to receive chemotherapy in the new £26m cancer centre

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