SAM ROWLANDS, Member of the Welsh Parliament for North Wales, is delighted work has started on a new cancer support centre in North Wales.
This week Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board and the Steve Morgan Foundation announced that work has started on building a Maggie’s cancer support centre in the grounds of Glan Clwyd Hospital in Bodelwyddan.
Mr Rowlands, Shadow Health Minister and a keen supporter of Maggies’s Centres said: “I am really pleased to see work starting on this venture as it is very important that we continue to support people living with cancer in North Wales.
“We already have a dedicated cancer centre based on the Glan Clwyd Hospital site and I welcome any further additions to provide free support and help and advice for my constituents suffering from this illness.
“A big thank-you must also go to the Steve Morgan Foundation for its generosity as it will be providing the funding for the venture after already commissioning, designing and building a Maggie’s Centre in the grounds of Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.”
Maggie’s Centre has been designed, commissioned and funded by the Steve Morgan Foundation and is planned to open in 2025 and construction began on July 11.
The centre’s expert staff will support people living with cancer, as well as family and friends, from across the whole region – including Bangor and Wrexham.
The North Wales NHS Cancer Centre at Glan Clwyd Hospital sees approximately 5,000 people newly diagnosed with cancer every year.
The Steve Morgan Foundation has provided £4m to design, commission and build the centre in North Wales. This is the second Maggie’s centre to be designed, commissioned and built by the Steve Morgan Foundation.
Dame Laura Lee, Chief Executive at Maggie’s said: “I am greatly looking forward to working closely with the Steve Morgan Foundation and Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board, to ensure the people of North Wales have the support which has already been making such a difference to people’s lives in other parts of Wales for 13 years.”
Carol Shillabeer, the Health Board’s CEO, said: “Working closely with the North Wales Cancer Treatment Centre, also based at Glan Clwyd Hospital, this new facility will extend and enhance the support we offer to people with cancer and their families.
See more about Maggies here: Maggie’s | Everyone’s home of cancer care (maggies.org)
