The Christie NHS Foundation Trust is one of Europe’s leading cancer centres, treating over 60,000 patients a year. It is based in Manchester and serve a population of 3.2 million across Greater Manchester and Cheshire, but as a national specialist around 15% patients are referred to us from other parts of the country.

The Christie provide radiotherapy through one of the largest radiotherapy departments in the world; chemotherapy on site and through 14 other hospitals; highly specialist surgery for complex and rare cancer; and a wide range of support and diagnostic services.

An international leader in research. Most of the cancer research in Manchester is undertaken on the Christie site, has been officially ranked the best in the UK.