The Christie charity Impact Report 2021-22

Making it happen in Macclesfield Linda was proud to be a member of the patient experience steering board for The Christie at Macclesfield, which opened to patients in December after many years in the planning. Thanks to the support of our charity, we were delighted to mark a new chapter in cancer care for East Cheshire and the surrounding area.

are planned, counselling and complementary therapy rooms, a cancer information centre, a charity centre and a refreshment area. The centre marks a new era in cancer care and treatment for people from East Cheshire and the surrounding areas. Radiotherapy patients particularly will benefit from much shorter journeys in the future. Patients having radiotherapy can spend hours each day travelling to and from the Withington site for up to six weeks, at a time when they and their families are already very distressed. Our first patient Sue Thompson, 58, from Holmes Chapel, was the first patient to receive her treatment in the new 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.

£23 m

Funded through £23m from The Christie charity, The Christie at Macclesfield is now transforming 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 wider range of clinical trials.

The Christie at Macclesfield is delivering 12,500 radiotherapy treatments every year and 6,800 chemotherapy, immunotherapy and hormonal treatments

Delivering 12,500 radiotherapy treatments every year and 6,800 chemotherapy, immunotherapy and hormonal treatments, this ambitious project includes specialist examination rooms, a new chemotherapy suite, a CT scanner where treatments

26