Macclesfield Case for Support

40,000 Providing care closer to home for more than 40,000 patient appointments every year.

A new Christie cancer centre for East Cheshire ne Christie ca cer ce tre for Macclesfield and the surrounding areas The Christie charity has launched a major new fundraising appeal to raise £23 million to build a new Christie cancer centre in Macclesfield. The Christie charity is launching a major new fundraising appeal to raise £20 million to build a new cancer centre in the heart of East Cheshire.

The new Christie cancer centre will be based at Macclesfield District General Hospital in a purpose built unit and will provide Christie cancer care closer to home for more than 40,000 patient visits every year. The new centre will transform cancer care in East The new Christie cancer centre will be based at Macclesfield General Hospital in a purpose built unit and will provide Christie cancer care closer to home for more than 1500 patients attending up to 40,000 appointments every year. The new centre will transform cancer

Cheshire, providing local specialist access to radiotherapy, chemotherapy – and for the first time, clinical trials, meaning patients in East Cheshire will be among the first in the country to access new treatments as they become available. care, providing local specialist access to radiotherapy, chemotherapy and a wider range of clinical trials than at present, giving more patients access to new treatments as they become available.

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