Submit a request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOI) or Environmental Information Regulations (EIR) to:

FOI requests and EIR requests
Freedom of Information/IG Admin Co-ordinator
Tel: 0161 446 3000
Email: the-christie.foi@nhs.net

Freedom of information response log archive

2025

2024

2023

EIR response log

There are no EIR request logs currently. We will display them here when we have them.

Documents to help with freedom of information requests

Please read The Christie's Digital strategy for some answers to common FOI requests.

Annual reports

In addition to responses to specific questions the Trust receives, there is additional information published in our annual accounts. You can read these on our Annual reports page.

Trust IT systems

We are often asked about IT systems used in support of patient care and wider Trust usage. We have collated details of the frequently asked questions and responses about IT systems [XLS file - 26KB].

Estates Returns Information Collection (ERIC) returns

The Trust publishes details of our estates and buildings. This can be found in our ERIC returns on the NHS Digital website.

Large value contracts

To find out more about how we have been spending money at The Christie, you can read invoices for spending over £25,000 on our Transparency page.

Costs of patient care

To read how much the NHS pays for a patient stay, including The Christie, read the National Cost Collection data on the NHS England website.

Freedom of information compliance statistics reports

The compliance statistics report provides details on our performance regarding handling requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

The statistics are published as outlined in the Freedom of Information Code of Practice 2018, Section 8 Publication Schemes (paragraphs 8.5 and 8.6).

Freedom of Information compliance summary Apr-25 May-25 Jun-25 Jul-25 Aug-25 Sep-25
FOI requests received 47 46 37 69 51 36
Number of requests processed  47 46 37 68 51 36
Number of requests, not processed at all (either because no clarification was received, withdrawn or duplicated) 0 0 0 1 0 0
FOIs released within statutory timeline 44 45 37 65 46 30
FOI requests where deadline breached 3 1 0 3 5 6
FOI ICO compliance %  94% 98% 100% 96% 90% 83%
Number of request where information was provided in full 20 15 17 28 25 23
Numbers of request granted in part and refused in part 9 9 6 9 10 5
Numbers of request where information was refused in full 9 8 7 17 4 5
Number of request refused in full where information was not held 9 14 7 14 11 1
FOI challenges/internal reviews received in month 1 0 0 1 1 0
FOI ICO complaints 0 0 0 0 0 0