The Christie at Macclesfield - cancer care closer to the local area

How The Christie at Macclesfield brings cancer care closer to the local area

Thanks to the donations of generous supporters, The Christie at Macclesfield will now benefit more than 1,500 patients a year from Cheshire, the High Peak area of Derbyshire and parts of North Staffordshire.

In December 2021, we were delighted to open The Christie at Macclesfield cancer centre. Funded through £23m from The Christie charity over the last 3 years, this amazing facility is only open thanks to supporters like you.

What The Christie at Macclesfield cancer centre offers

The Christie at Macclesfield is equipped with state-of-the-art radiotherapy treatment machines, a CT scanner and 18 treatment chairs. It will provide 46,000 patient appointments and visits each year and is the third in a network of local Christie radiotherapy centres where patients can access Christie treatment closer to home.

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 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.

How you can still help The Christie at Macclesfield

It's exciting to see the completion of our new cancer centre but there's still more we can do to support cancer patients as they go through their treatment. The Christie charity will continue to support complementary therapy, refreshments for patients, and other supportive services at The Christie at Macclesfield.

But to offer these enhanced services over and above what the NHS funds, we need your help. See how you can keep supporting The Christie at Macclesfield today.