The Christie charity
The Quality Mark is awarded to units delivering treatments to Christie patients that demonstrate achievement of a number of standards. These standards are developed and agreed by a Christie multi-disciplinary team, which includes patient representatives.
Treatment units are checked against these standards every 3 years.
The standards concern:
- The care environment and infection prevention and control
- Record keeping and care and confidentiality of records
- Privacy and dignity
- Communication and information giving
- Patient safety and care of vulnerable patients
- Clinical safety
- Eating and drinking
- Treatment
- General aspects of care
Assessment against the standards involves:
- Asking patients (questionnaire and face to face)
- Asking staff
- Observation/inspection
- Review of documentation
- Collation of other evidence e.g. staff competencies
The following units are holders of The Christie Quality Mark Accreditation
- Chemotherapy Unit, The Christie Withington Site
- Victoria Unit, Oldham General Hospital
- Laurel Suite, Stepping Hill Hospital
- The Chemotherapy Unit, Macclesfield General Hospital
- Cancer Care Centre, Christie at Wigan
- The Christie Mobile Chemotherapy Unit
- Macmillan Cancer Centre, Leighton Hospital
- Radiotherapy Department, The Christie Withington Site
- The Christie at Oldham Radiotherapy
- The Christie at Salford Radiotherapy
