Maggie's Centres: the best of places, the worst of times…

‘Who is Maggie?’ is a question asked by many visitors to Maggie’s Centres.  The leading cancer care centres started in Scotland following one woman’s experience of her own diagnosis of cancer.  In 1993, the experience of trying to find a temporary, poorly signposted clinic added to the deep distress Maggie Keswick Jencks’ felt on being told her that breast cancer had spread. Immediately after receiving the news that she had