Elective and work experience requests

Strike action between Tuesday 19 and Friday 22 September 2023

Consultants and junior doctors at The Christie will both strike between Tuesday 19 and Friday 22 September 2023.

Consultants will be striking on 19 to 20 September 2023. Consultants will still provide emergency care during their strikes.

Junior doctors will be striking on:

20 September 2023 – strike with emergency care still provided
21 to 22 September 2023 – full walkouts for 48 hours

We are proactively contacting patients with appointments that may be affected by this strike. If you have an appointment at the Trust 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. There may be longer waits than usual in clinics during this time.

Please do not call to check if your appointment is still going ahead.

The Christie NHS Foundation Trust receives a high number of elective and work experience requests. Unfortunately it is not possible to accept all of these requests.

This is to ensure that the clinical and patient areas are not overwhelmed with visitors, and that visitors receive a good quality experience.

Please note: work experience requests at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust have now re-opened. See 'Work experience (non-medical)' below to apply.

If you have a strong interest in Oncology, please email the-christie.medicaleducation@nhs.net with your required dates and specific area of interest. As a Trust we will try to facilitate these requests as far as possible without them having an impact on other educational placements.

Unfortunately, we are unable to accommodate these requests at The Christie. We do try and accommodate as many students as we can however due to our commitments to the Manchester Medical School we do not have capacity to accept elective students from medical schools outside of the UK.

You may be better applying to a larger Trust such as University Hospital of South Manchester (Wythenshawe), Central Manchester Foundation Trust (Manchester Royal Infirmary) or Salford Royal Foundation Trust (Hope Hospital).

All future elective requests are temporarily suspended until further notice!

There are a number of wards and departments which accept elective placement requests. Elective placements must form part of your university programme and individuals should complete the following application form. For more information please contact mathew.stephenson@nhs.net or telephone 0161 918 7367 to discuss available options.

Click here [PDF file - 146KB] to download the guidelines for elective placements for pre-registration students

Click here [PDF file - 121KB] to download an elective placement application form.

Click Here to learn more about educational visits and observerships.

The Christie run a structured programme in conjunction with schools in the local area. Students within the local area are advised to check with their career advisor if their school or college is part of the programme.

We host students from a number of universities and programmes throughout the North West. In addition to elective placements, there may be opportunities to gain work experience in an oncological setting. This can be arranged locally in agreement with the department/ward manager of your chosen department/area.

Please note: we are not currently accepting applications for work experience. Please check back to this page as we will reopen applications soon.

Strike action between Tuesday 19 and Friday 22 September 2023

Electives – UK medical students

Electives – non-UK medical students

Electives (Nursing and Allied Health Professionals)

Educational visits and observerships

Work experience (medical)

Work experience (non-medical)