Protons patient stories

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.

Hear from some of our patients who have received proton beam therapy treatment, both overseas and at The Christie NHS Foundation Trust.

"Everyone at The Christie was brilliant from start to finish, they couldn’t do enough to help. I honestly couldn’t have felt more supported. Even though the treatment was tough, the experience I had was a really special one, there’s nowhere else I would have rather been treated.”

Marc Woods, Christie patient

“I know I have a few tough weeks ahead of me, but I’m looking forward to getting my treatment completed so I can get back to my passions of fishing, football and rugby – and most importantly getting home to my wife Marie, who has been my rock through this.”

Adrian Bishop, Christie patient

Isabella, Christie patient

Mason Kettley, Christie patient

Gail Nicholls, Christie patient