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recorded their experiences on the Ramadan Reflections pad. Feedback has been overwhelmingly positive from staff and patients. We are proud of our colleagues that took part and would like to thank everyone for their participation. A great deal of understanding has been built through this initiative and it has also helped to facilitate more conversation about Ramadan and the Muslim faith. We look forward to running the challenge again next year and exploring how we can promote all faiths to continue to promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at the Christie. 7. Policy Exchange report We have participated in a consultation with Policy Exchange to inform a recently published report on specialised commissioning. https://policyexchange.org.uk/publication/devolve-to-evolve/ The report highlights several issues including those surrounding the restrictions on capital expenditure at an ICS level. Two helpful recommendations have been included in the report: • ICBs must include a specific impact assessment on specialised services as part of their capital and estates plans. There should be sufficient flexibility in capital programmes to approve projects where the benefits will be derived beyond the given geographical footprint. • NHSE/I and DHSC should introduce a ringfenced capital spending pot for nationally significant specialised projects Both recommendations address the specific issues the Christie have been experiencing during the 2022/23 planning round of having sufficient cash balances to discharge the ambitious capital plans required to deliver the Trust strategy, but not being able to access sufficient approval to spend (‘capital envelope’) from the ICS. It also gives a helpful overview of the evolution of specialised commissioning and an analysis of the challenges and opportunities of the proposals for the future. 8. Greater Manchester Plans continue to be made for the transition in Greater Manchester to an integrated care system. The latest briefing on progress is at appendix ii. 9. Estate Developments The Paterson project continues with works remaining on budget and timescale. The team from CRUK met with members of The Christie and University of Manchester teams in Manchester on 18 th May and undertook a site visit to understand the progress of this significant programme. Work is underway on other major projects including the energy centre, installation of the MR scanner, pharmacy outpatient’s facility and replacement of the linear accelerators at the Oldham site.

More information about our new developments can be found at: http://christie.nhs.uk/about-us/our-future/our-developments/

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