We are The Christie magazine Oct 2025

Welcome

A word from the executive editor

Hello and welcome to the autumn edition of We Are The Christie. This magazine is all about the people who make our Trust what it is. Inside you’ll find stories from patients, families, colleagues and volunteers that show the difference care and compassion can make.

I’d like to use this opportunity to tell you a little about Future Christie, our 10-year programme to improve how we deliver care. The aim is simple: to make life easier for patients and staff by

Looking ahead, we’re exploring how artificial intelligence could assist with things like radiotherapy planning or consultation transcriptions, developing a new electronic patient record to join up care across the hospital, and using data more effectively to improve services. Future Christie is not about changing what makes The Christie special. It’s about building on our strengths so that we can continue to deliver outstanding cancer care for many years to come. Thank you for reading and for being part of our community.

introducing better technology, more joined-up services and new ways of working. You’ll read in this issue about MyChristie (pages 4-5), our new patient portal,

which is already giving patients easier access to information

about their care.

Tom Thornber Director of Future Christie

Contents

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Introduction News in brief Feature story Martha’s Rule Staff stories Patient stories

You Made A Difference Awards

Around the Trust

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Under the microscope - Smoking cessation service Innovative recruitment

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Developments at The Christie

Puzzle section Charity corner

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We’d love to hear your thoughts about this new magazine. Please send any feedback or ideas to the-christie.internalcomms@nhs.net You can also get in touch by post at: WATC Editor, The Christie, 2-4 Candleford Road, Withington, Manchester, M20 3JH 2