Every two minutes somewhere in the UK someone is diagnosed with cancer. For the last ten years Maggie’s Centres have offered support for people affected by all types of cancer at any stage, whether patients, family members or friends. The centres were named after Maggie Keswick Jencks who was first diagnosed with cancer in 1988. Although she was very pleased with the medical side of the treatment she received, she still felt people needed help in managing the psychological consequences of the illness. Maggie died in 1995 but not before she had laid down the philosophy and foundations for the organisation. Since then six Maggie's Centres have been built. All of them are stunning buildings, designed by some of the leading names of British Architecture. The latest which opens today is the first in England that was designed by Richard Rogers and is situated in London at Charing Cross Hospital. Anna McNamee met some of the people who will be using the centre as well as Maggie's former oncology nurse, now the organisation’s director, Laura Lee.
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