Address:

Main Outpatients Hall
Purple Zone
Manchester Royal Infirmary
Oxford Road
Manchester
M13 9WL

The Macmillan Cancer Information and Support Centre aims to ensure that information about any aspect of cancer is available to anyone who requires it, including patients, carers, professionals and the general public. Information will be provided in a sensitive and supportive way, to complement information already given to patients and carers by professionals involved in their care.

The Centre provides a confidential, friendly, supportive, informal and non-clinical environment. The Centre is manned by experienced staff. There is a Cancer Support Nurse who is based in the centre and is supported by specialist Nurses and trained volunteers, many of whom have personal experience of cancer.

The Centre Provides:

• Information about cancer in the form of books and leaflets, and access to the internet.
• Audio tapes and videos to be used in the Centre or available for loan.
• Information about support available to people with cancer or their relatives and carers.
• A quiet room for private conversations.A listening ear for people who just want to talk, either in person or by phone.
• A telephone helpline and e-mail facility for people who want information but are unable to get to the Centre.
• An internet discussion site.

Access to the Centre
Anyone can use the Centre; no referral is necessary. You can simply call in during the Centre's open hours. The Centre is open from Monday to Friday between 10 am and 3pm except Bank Holidays (if you are making a special journey to visit the centre it is advisable to telephone first on 0161 276 6868 to check opening hours.) A telephone helpline is available while the Centre is open. At other times an answerphone is available. Messages left on the answerphone will be answered within 24 hours (or the next working day).

Where are we?
The Centre is in the Main Out-patient hall, which is in the Purple Zone at Manchester Royal Infirmary.