The Christie hospital | |
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The Christie NHS Foundation Trust | |
Geography | |
Location | Manchester, England |
Coordinates | 53°25′47″N 2°13′43″W / 53.42972°N 2.22861°W |
Organisation | |
Care system | NHS |
Type | Specialist |
Services | |
Beds | 257 |
Speciality | Cancer |
Public transit access | West Didsbury |
History | |
Opened | 1892 |
Links | |
Website | www |
The Christie, formerly known as Christie Hospital and The Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute, is a specialist National Health Service oncology hospital in Manchester, England. It is one of the largest cancer treatment centres in Europe. It is managed by The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, which as of 2024[update] had a turnover of £472 million and around 3,500 staff,[1] and its work is also supported by The Christie Charity.
The hospital was established in 1890 as the Cancer Pavilion and Home for Incurables by a committee under the chairmanship of Richard Christie. The name was changed by the addition of "Christie" in 1901, and moved to a purpose-built facility in Withington in 1932. It joined joined the National Health Service in 1948. It rebranded from Christie Hospital to The Christie in 2008.