The Christie Foundation Trust Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust Annual Report & Accounts 2021-22

worked for the Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership as the Executive Lead for Finance and Investment as well as other senior finance positions within acute providers across Greater Manchester. Sally is responsible for the finance, business development and capital planning teams within the Trust and is also a Director of The Christie Clinic, The Christie Pathology Partnership and executive lead for The Christie charity. She is a qualified accountant and a Fellow member of the ICAEW.

implementation of electronic PROMs into routine clinical care. In 1991, Professor Yorke graduated from the University of Western Sydney and began her clinical nursing career as an intensive care nurse; she worked in Sydney, London and Saudi Arabia. Prior to relocating to the UK in 2004 she was Nurse Consultant for heart and lung transplantation at St Vincent’s Hospital, Sydney. Since moving to the UK she completed her PhD and has held numerous academic and leadership roles at the Royal Brompton and Harefield Foundation Trust, Imperial College London and University of Salford. She is also Conjoint Professor at University of Newcastle, Australia. Professor Yorke holds numerous leadership roles including Chair of Lung Cancer Nurses UK research group, outgoing Chair for the British Thoracic Society and European Respiratory Society nursing groups, and previous Chair of the American Thoracic Society nursing group. She is dedicated to the clinical-academic development of nurses and allied health professionals to benefit patient care and the wider health care setting.

Bernie Delahoyde Interim Chief Operating Officer

Bernie was appointed as interim chief operating officer at The Christie in February 2020. She is the former director of operations and deputy chief operating officer, a post which she held from 2014 to 2020. Before that, she was the general manager of the programme management office. Bernie is also a director of The Christie Clinic and The Christie Pathology Partnership. Before coming to The Christie, Bernie worked in managerial roles at Salford Royal Hospitals and Trafford General Hospital. She qualified and worked as a registered nurse before moving into managerial roles.

Sally Parkinson Executive Director of Finance & Business Development (interim) Sally was appointed as interim Executive Director of Finance and Business Development on 2nd August 2021 and is substantively the Christie’s Deputy Director of Finance. Sally previously

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