The Christie Foundation Trust Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22

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

Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatment Service (SACT)

In 2021/22 over 77,000 SACT treatments were administered to patients across all our SACT treatment facilities. The development of new immunotherapy treatments for more disease groups and an increase in maintenance therapies meant that more patients were continuing on treatment for longer and increased planning was required to continue to manage this. The COVID-19 pandemic has continued to pose challenges over the last year. Activity has increased and we have now recovered to pre pandemic numbers. We have continued all our bio-security measures to ensure the safety of our patients and staff. Over the last year we have learnt we can continue to treat our patients safely with minimal disruption to their treatment pathway. We continue to look at new ways to manage staffing levels and activity. This year, in addition to our establishment, we introduced 8 Health Care Assistants and 2 Nursing Associates to the team to help with communications and to support patients and trained nurses with the delivery of treatment. Staff in all our units have worked hard to ensure treatment services have continued throughout the pandemic.

The continuous development of our Outreach Services has resulted in improved patient experience, a reduction in patient travel time and has released capacity on the main hospital site. We are aiming to deliver over 1,000 additional treatments at Macclesfield this year. In addition to the growing Outreach Service, we have been successful in securing funding for 3 years with the Charity to allow us to provide a Bloods Closer to Home Service, initially this is for our treatment patients with further expansion planned trust wide. The Christie@Macclesfield – December 2021:

Developments during 2021/22 • Continued to expand the Immunotherapy portfolio within the service • Introduction of more Hospice sites to treat more patients locally • Bloods Closer to Home • Our New Christie@Macclesfield unit opened • Continued to develop Pre-Treatment Consultations • Innovation Centre – Pump project • Expansion of our home care services • iQemo Scheduling

We are continuing to increase the number of patients being treated locally or within their own homes where possible. In 2021 we secured additional space in local Hospices. This has allowed us to expand our service with no disruption to patients’ treatment.

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