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.

Blood cancer awareness

We're working with our colleagues in the haematology and transplant unit to help raise awareness of blood cancer. We're also highlighting the support we offer to patients with a blood cancer at The Christie.

Every 14 minutes, someone in the UK is diagnosed with a blood cancer. Blood cancer is the 5th most common cancer in the UK. Over 40,000 people are diagnosed with a blood cancer each year in the UK, and over 250,000 people are currently living with a blood cancer.

What causes blood cancer?

All blood cancers are caused by changes in DNA within blood cells. This causes the blood cells to start behaving abnormally. In almost all cases, these changes are linked to things we can’t control.

Types of blood cancer

There are various types of blood cancers:

Leukaemia is found in the blood and bone marrow, usually white blood cell
Lymphoma is a type of blood cancer that affects white blood cell called lymphocytes
Myeloma is cancer that affects white blood cells called plasma cells

Other types of blood disorders include myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), polycythaemia vera (PV), essential thrombocythemia (ET) and myelofibrosis.

These conditions are where the bone marrow doesn’t work properly and causes abnormalities in the production of blood cells.

The Christie cancer information centre (including signposting to employment support)
Wig service
The psycho-oncology service
The supportive care team
Complementary therapy
Smoking and alcohol advice
Tissue viability
Nutritional support
Speech and language
Complex discharge team and social care
Chaplaincy and spiritual care
Fertility advice
Physiotherapy, rehabilitation and occupational therapy

Lymphoma clinical nurse specialist service

The lymphoma nurses are experienced cancer nurses who treat lymphoma patients at The Christie and provide specialist support.

Pan Artists, conservatory, patient booklets, Patricia Dawson, Ian Aston, September 2022

The ADAPT Programme

ADAPT (Managed Local Follow up of Long-Term Lymphoma Survivors) is a planned treatment of care for former lymphoma patients.

Pan Artists, patients on bench, Oak Road, heart of The Christie

Blood cancer patient and staff stories

Read and watch some of our blood cancer patients' experiences at The Christie, as well as some of our blood cancer staff stories.

What is blood cancer?

Hear from consultant haematologist Johnny Elliot about the different blood cancers, and the treatments for these.

Meet the lymphoma team

We know that a great team is defined by its people and in the lymphoma team at The Christie, we are committed to working together.