We are The Christie magazine March 2025 Staff edition

Staff stories

Staff stories Each and every person who works at The Christie performs a valuable role which directly links to patient care. Whether it is a nurse delivering chemotherapy or an IT engineer keeping our computer systems running, there is a huge variety of roles that come together to make The Christie special.

Angela Keane Angela Keane started at The Christie back in 1984 and recently celebrated her 40th work anniversary. In 2018, Angela experienced the difference The Christie makes first-hand when she donated stem cells to her brother who was being treated for leukaemia. A stem cell transplant replaces damaged blood cells with healthy ones from a donor.

David Kenny David Kenny is our car park supervisor and manages a team that look after four busy car parks with room for almost 1,300 cars. He arrives at 5am every day to get ready for the rest of his team who join him at 6am. He has been at The Christie for five years. “Lots of our patients have a long journey to The Christie and can be quite worried and stressed

“I always knew that The Christie was a very special place, but what we do became very real in that moment in a way it hadn’t before. The size of the hospital and the number of services we offer has changed over the years, but the family atmosphere hasn’t."

when they arrive, so we do our best to help them as much as we can. People often don’t know where they are going, so we reassure them and point them in the right direction – it’s the least we can do. It’s a very busy job, there are people coming and going all day long. We always help where we can.”

“I really love working here and wouldn’t want to be anywhere else” Angela Keane

“People often don’t know where they are going, so we reassure them and point them in the right direction" David Kenny

As a domestic supervisor, Angela and her team make sure that the hospital runs smoothly. This includes things like cleaning and making sure that anything that’s broken is fixed quickly.

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