Maggie's Centre

Maggie’s North East is being developed at the Freeman Hospital to provide a welcoming and supportive environment where people affected by cancer can drop in to receive help and advice from healthcare professionals. It will provide complementary support to the new Cancer Service Centre.

It is being developed in partnership with the Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centre, which has a network on five centres in Scotland, with a sixth due to open in London this year and five more planned for across England and Wales by 2012.

The aim of Maggie’s Centres is to help people with cancer to be as healthy in mind and body as possible and to enable them to make their own contribution to their medical treatment and recovery.

Maggie’s programme of support allows anyone affected by cancer – patients, carers, families and friends - to address all aspects of living with cancer.

They can share their experiences with others in similar situations and, with professional help, learn more about the medical realities of their disease.

The friendly and welcoming environment of the centres invites people to take time out and gives them a non-institutional place where they can feel relaxed and supported.