Vicky Sharples - Chief Nurse and Executive Director of Quality

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.

Vicky was appointed as Chief Nurse and Executive Director of Quality in May 2024.

Vicky began working in the NHS as a registered nurse in 2000, having completed her nurse training at Salford University. She has worked clinically across a number of specialities in hospitals across Greater Manchester and held leadership positions since 2008, including Deputy Director of Nursing at Wythenshawe, Trafford, Withington and Altrincham hospitals and Deputy Chief Operating Officer at The Christie.

Vicky has a particular interest in patient safety, quality improvement and patient experience and is passionate about nursing and AHP professional development and staff wellbeing.