It might look like a coffee shop, but the Maggie's Centre in the grounds of the Freeman Hospita l is a lifesaver for cancer patients across the North East and their families.
But on World Cancer Day, centre manager - senior nurse Karen Verrill - has told ChronicleLive how she's worried by "many, many people" who are coming forward for cancer treatment much later than they would have been before the pandemic.
Karen also said she was concerned by the "huge distress" Covid-19 had caused people already suffering with cancer - who of course are among the most vulnerable in society.
