Strike action between Monday 2 October to Thursday 5 October 2023

Consultants and junior doctors at The Christie will both strike between 7am on Monday 2 October to 7am on Thursday 5 October 2023. Both consultants and junior doctors will still provide emergency care during their strikes.

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.

What is head and neck cancer?

Head and neck cancers include cancers of the mouth and throat, nose and sinuses (air spaces in the bones of the face), salivary glands and ears.

They are sometimes referred to according to the type of cell they start in. Most head and neck cancers are ‘squamous cell cancers’ – these are types of skin cancer. These start in the cells lining the mouth, nose and throat.

You may be informed by your doctor that you have cancer in your lymph nodes. Cancer of the head and neck can sometimes spread to nearby lymph nodes. You can find out more about lymph node cancer on our information page.

In this section, you can read about the different types of cancer we treat.