The Christie NHS FT Annual Report & Accounts 2019-20

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust Annual Report and Accounts 2019-20

Systemic Anti-Cancer Treatment service (SACT)

With new targeted treatments and more treatment options available for patients diagnosed with cancer, the number of treatments we deliver is rising every year. In 2019-20 we will have delivered over 78,000 treatments. Our service provides 70 treatment spaces for solid tumour treatments with separate facilities for phase I and II clinical trials, haematology and teenage and young adult oncology. We also have an extensive outreach and home care service.

• Tameside (Tameside general hospital ) • Trafford (Mobile unit) • Wigan (Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh)

Developments during 2019-20 • Intravenous infusions successfully administered via our homecare service. • Opening of a new treatment facility at Dr Kershaw’s Hospice, Oldham. • Business case to expand local phlebotomy services following excellent patient feedback. • Implementation of nurse led oral SACT clinic now in 2 disease groups. • Introduction of Nurse Reconstitution of Immunotherapy drugs to reduce waiting times for patients. • New 10 year SACT strategy developed to plan to manage future increases in activity. • Successful trial of an innovation to improve safety when administering treatment and recording the activity, a poster was presented at UKONS by 2 of our nurses. • Poster presented at GMCC 2019 to promote our nurse led injectable SACT homecare service.

A key part of our previous SACT strategy has been to provide more treatment closer to our patients’ homes. The development of our outreach chemotherapy services has resulted in improved patient experience, a reduction in patient travel time and has released capacity on the main hospital site. Together with our own nurse led home service, we deliver treatments in the following areas: • Arden House medical practice (New Mills) • Bolton (Mobile unit) • Bury (Townside primary care centre) • Leighton (Mid Cheshire) • Macclesfield (East Cheshire) • Oldham (Hospital site and mobile unit)

• Rochdale (Mobile unit) • Salford (Salford Royal) • St Luke’s Hospice (Winsford) • Stockport (Stepping Hill hospital) • Dr Kershaw’s Hospice (Oldham)

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