The Christie NHS FT Annual Report & Accounts 2019-20

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

Participation in clinical research The Christie has a long history of supporting research through its 100 plus year history; this was recognised in 2007 with the creation of a dedicated Research and Development Division, now Research and Innovation (R&I). The R&I serve a population of 3.2 million and is the largest cancer research network in the country. The success of research is demonstrated by a varied portfolio of studies, strong recruitment of patients on to clinical trials and academic publications with a high impact Currently the portfolio of Christie research is made up of early phase clinical trials (35%), late phase clinical trials (43%) and other research including basic science, biobank and observational studies (22%) The number of patients receiving health services provided or sub-contracted by The Christie in 2019/20 that were recruited during this period to participate in research approved by a research ethics committee, was 3,521. This represents a 14% increase in recruitment to research from the previous year. Since 2015/16 there has been a 50% increase in patients consented to research studies at The Christie. In 2019/20 there were 753 publications (includes abstracts, presentations, conference proceedings, and journal articles) published with authors from The Christie. Of these 105 (14%) were published in high impact journals. Quality goals and the CQUIN framework A proportion of The Christie’s income in 2019/20 was conditional upon achieving quality improvement and innovation goals agreed between The Christie and any person or body they entered into a contract, agreement or arrangement with for the provision of relevant health services, through the Commissioning for Quality and Innovation payment framework. The total amount of income in 2019/20 that The Christie received was conditional upon achieving the CQUIN goals was £1,535,677. The CQUINs were fully achieved in Q1 – Q3 in 2019/20. Due to the national COVID-19 pandemic the requirement to report against Quarter 4 milestones was unconditionally waived by commissioners. In 2019/20 the total amount of income that The Christie NHS Foundation Trust received that was conditional upon achieving the CQUIN goals was £1,535,677

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