Chinwag - Autumn 2019

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tour of the labs to see exactly what goes on. Tom had to delay his studies for treatment but will now be starting medicine at The University of Manchester in September. He said: “During my treatment I’ve undergone hundreds of blood tests, up to four times a week, at The Christie. Like every other patient, I had no idea how many people were involved and what goes on behind the scenes.

Science Day in June with an event to showcase their skills to patients and other staff. Thanks to funding from the Albert Norman Biomedical Science Day Activity Fund, visitors were shown a range of different skills including hand inspection kits, microscapes and urine analysis for checking diabetes. Biomedical scientist Tahmina Hussain said: “Lots of visitors were very interested and keen to learn about what we do and overall the event was a brilliant success! It’s lovely to meet the patient behind the samples we are processing.” Meanwhile leukaemia patient Tom Hunt, was given a behind the scenes

Baby biomedical scientists: the visits proved very popular

“The tour showed me the enormous scale of the operation and how many hundreds of people are involved with processing tests. I never realised how much doctors and clinicians rely on advice and test results before giving treatment.” In September Tom will be studying Medicine at The University of Manchester and we wish him well with his studies.

TomHunt is pictured second from right with The Christie team.

Exam success

Charity trustee Congratulations to Sarah Wells , a clinical nurse specialist, who has recently become a Trustee for

She said: “Lymphoma Action has been helping my patients and families for many years by providing expert advice and support. I’m looking forward to giving something

Congratulations to clinical coder Naseema Hosein-Hoey who has successfully passed her National Clinical Coding Exam (NCCQ) (UK) & therefore is now an accredited clinical coder. Her manager Diane Royle said: “The exam is quite an intensive exam, it takes a whole day to complete and involves a practical and theory paper and a lot of studying which is hard work when

Lymphoma Action, a charity which supports our lymphoma patients by providing written literature, a helpline, buddy system and local support groups. Sarah is the first Clinical nurse specialist to be on their board.

back and am excited about providing a specialist nurse’s perspective.”

Risky business Congratulations to Deanna Herron and Benita Cooke who won ‘Overall Best Poster’ at the R&D Forum Conference in Brighton. The NHS R&D Forum is a UK–wide community of practice and professional network for the health and care research management, support and leadership workforce. They delivered a presentation on ‘Great Sponsorship’ and also exhibited a poster on sponsor risk assessment entitled ‘Risky Business’.

undertaking employment too so we

wanted to say congratulations on behalf of her team colleagues.”

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