Making the headlines

Strike action from Thursday 27 June to Tuesday 2 July 2024

Junior doctors at The Christie will strike from 7am on Thursday 27 June until 7am on Tuesday 2 July 2024.

We are proactively contacting patients with appointments that may be affected. If you have an appointment on any of these dates, please continue to come to The Christie and our other centres as planned, unless we contact you to tell you otherwise. Please do not call to check if your appointment is still going ahead.

Our communications team has built strong relationships with local regional and national journalists and is frequently a ‘go to’ team for health journalists and those interested in cancer. As a result, we regularly secure high profile media coverage for The Christie. Some of our successes are highlighted below.

Remembering Deborah James - BBC Radio 5 live broadcast from The Christie

The Christie cancer hospital hosted BBC Radio 5 live to celebrate the life of Bowelbabe, Dame Deborah James, who died from bowel cancer.

The Christie at Macclesfield and The Macclesfield Express campaign

To support The Christie charity's £23m fundraising appeal to build a £26m new cancer centre for Macclesfield, the communications team developed a PR plan.

Revolutionary CAR-T treatment available at The Christie

In May 2019, The Christie began treating patients with innovative CAR-T treatment and this news appeared on ITV Granada Reports and in newspapers.

Cutting edge research trials take place at The Christie

2 patients who benefitted from clinical trials at The Christie featured in national newspapers including the Daily Mail and Daily Mirror and on TV news.

Expert advisors

Christie consultant has been providing expert advice to Coronation Street script writers. Find out more information about what advice we gave in our post.

On the Horizon

BBC Two Horizon went behind the scenes to tell the story of "one of the most expensive and ambitious projects NHS England has ever undertaken". Learn more.

Strike action from Thursday 27 June to Tuesday 2 July 2024

Making the headlines

Remembering Deborah James - BBC Radio 5 live broadcast from The Christie

The Christie at Macclesfield and The Macclesfield Express campaign

Revolutionary CAR-T treatment available at The Christie

Cutting edge research trials take place at The Christie

Expert advisors

On the Horizon

Last updated: May 2023