10 January 2019

Translating cancer care innovation into practice - The Christie@model

Translating cancer care innovation into practice
HSJ 10 January 2019
  • Professor Christopher J Harrison, medical director of The Christie Hospital, explains how he and his colleagues made use of a network model to improve the experiences of cancer patients in the region.
  • The strategy was to establish a devolved network of Christie branded and run cancer services in partnership with hospitals and primary care teams across the city-region. Known as “The Christie @ model”, this network enables high-quality specialist care to be provided to reliable uniform standards.
  • The full model is a partnership between The Christie and host organisations, in which The Christie takes responsibility for employing professional staff and the associated care delivery and governance, while the host provides, under a service agreement, access to support staff and services.
Extract from Christie Operational Plan 2018/19
Capacity Planning
  • Growth in Chemotherapy delivery will be delivered through increased utilisation of the ‘Christie@’ model and other outreach sites. This includes commencing clinical trials to the Christie@Wigan’ site, expansion of services into new facilities at Tameside Hospital, improvement in capacity at Royal Bolton Hospital, and the development of services at Pennine Acute Hospitals. We will also be exploring the expansion of the Trust’s ‘Christie@Home’ service.