Sumaira Javed, switchboard supervisor

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 treatments, a member of the administration team sending out an appointment letter, a surgeon performing a robotic procedure, the domestic teams ensuring our wards are spotlessly clean, or an IT engineer keeping our computer systems running, there is a huge variety of roles that come together to make The Christie special.

All our staff go to tremendous lengths to help each and every one of our patients and together: We are The Christie.

If you’ve ever called The Christie, you’ve probably spoken to Sumaira Javed or someone in her team.

She works on our Switchboard, taking calls from staff and patients and helping them find the right person to talk to.

Sumaira has worked here for over 30 years and has been in her current role for nearly 5 years. She and her team deal with thousands of calls every day.

Watch our We are The Christie video on our YouTube channel to see some of our key services and the support offered at The Christie, as well as patients discussing how this has helped them.