The Christie Foundation Trust Annual Report and Accounts 2021-22

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

Awards and Accolades

The Christie scored ‘much better than other trusts’ in around half of the survey questions (22 out of 45) and ‘better or somewhat better than other trusts’ in a further 21 out of 45 questions. In two of the survey questions, The Christie scored the same as the highest mark given to any trust in England. This was for the time patients had been on the waiting list before being admitted to hospital and patients feeling that staff told them who to contact if they were worried about their condition or treatment after they left hospital. The Christie was also the highest scoring trust in the North West in 11 of the 45 survey questions. The Christie had a response rate of 62% compared with the national response rate of 46%. We were delighted to be shortlisted in three award categories at this year’s Nursing Times Awards. The chemotherapy team was shortlisted twice, in the ‘Cancer Nursing’ and ‘Nursing in the Community’ categories, and we were also shortlisted for the ‘Empowering nurses to enable digital improvement’ award. In the RCNi Awards, our research nursing team was a finalist in the ‘Excellence in cancer research nursing’ category. Colleagues from radiotherapy education, the proton beam therapy service and the digital team won the Creative Provision of Practice Placements award in the Chief Allied Health Professions Officer (CAHPO) Awards 2021. The team won the award for the ‘creative provision of placements’. The winning project involved redesigning clinical practice placements for trainee radiographers learning about proton beam therapy. Congratulations to Christie staff who were amongst more than 115 people nationally to have won the ‘cancer team of the year” at the BMJ awards. The project aimed to create, for the first time, a standardised informed consent

At The Christie, we are very proud that our work is often recognised by our patients and our peers. The praise we receive through awards and accolades is a marker that the care and treatment we provide is of the highest of highest standards. This year many awards schemes remain cancelled or postponed due to the pandemic. Here is a selection of some of the achievements and accreditations we are proud of this year. The Christie was awarded the prestigious Platinum accreditation by Transport for Greater Manchester for our work in supporting ‘on foot’ and ‘by bike’ travel and using electric vehicles. The Christie is one of only a few organisations to reach the new Platinum standard in creating a long-term cultural change by encouraging sustainable travel. The Trust has once again received accreditation from the Joint Advisory Group on GI Endoscopy from the Royal College of Physicians. The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) created new excellence awards to recognise and celebrate individual contributions to the RCR’s COVID-19 response. Congratulations to Consultant Ganesh Radhakrishna who was awarded a COVID-19 Outstanding Contribution Award for contributing huge amounts of time and making rapid decisions allowing the RCR to The Christie once again received excellent results in the annual 2020 national inpatient survey. This is testament to the incredible hard work and excellence of our staff particularly our ward nurse leaders. The survey shows how The Christie scored against 137 other NHS trusts throughout England in a series of 45 questions considering all aspects of the inpatient experience. provide continued high-quality online professional development support in an uncertain environment.

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