Christie Hospital

The Christie Hospital in Manchester, England, is one of the largest cancer treatment centres in Europe. It is managed by The Christie NHS Foundation Trust.

Christie Hospital
The Christie NHS Foundation Trust
Christie Hospital Wilmslow Road entrance
Christie Hospital is located in Greater Manchester
Christie Hospital
Shown in Greater Manchester
Geography
LocationManchester, England
Coordinates53°25′47″N 2°13′43″W
Organisation
Care systemNHS
TypeSpecialist
Services
Beds257
SpecialityCancer
Public transit accessManchester Metrolink West Didsbury
History
Opened1892
Links
Websitewww.christie.nhs.uk

History

The hospital was established by a committee under the chairmanship of Richard Christie, a lawyer and academic, as the Cancer Pavilion and Home for Incurables.[1] It opened at a site in Lorne Street[2] off Oxford Road in 1892,[1] at a site in Chorlton-upon-Medlock now occupied by Manchester Royal Infirmary.[3] The name of the pavilion was changed by the addition of "Christie" in 1901 after Christie himself had died. In 1929 it had 34 beds and was resorted to by patients from northern England and north Wales; it was then the only provincial hospital solely for cancer treatment. Associated with it was the Radium Institute (founded in 1914, which moved to Nelson Street in 1921). In 1928, the hospital had 14 beds, 374 in-patients and over 7,000 out-patients who were given radium treatment.[4]

Together with the Holt Institute, the Christie Hospital moved to a purpose-built facility in Withington, which was officially opened by Lord Derby in 1932.[5]

The combined facility joined the National Health Service in 1948,[6] and it is now one of the largest cancer treatment centres of its kind in Europe.[1]

In April 2017, a fire, caused by welding work underway on the roof, burned down part of the Paterson research building. There were no casualties and the majority of the research work housed in that part of the building was saved.[7] In April 2018, plans were revealed to build a new cancer research centre on the site of the former Paterson building, due to open in early 2021.[8]

In 2012 it was announced that a new proton beam therapy centre would be built at the hospital.[9] The machines were delivered in 2017,[10] and the first patients were treated in December 2018.[11]

See also

References
  1. "Christie Hospital". Archives Hub. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  2. McKechnie, H. M. (ed.) (1915) Manchester in Nineteen Hundred and Fifteen. Manchester U. P.; p. 58
  3. "Detailed Old Victorian Ordnance Survey 6 inch to 1 mile Old Map (1888-1913) Manchester, Manchester, SJ8398, SJ 83 98 Co-ordinates 53.478446, -2.257615". www.archiuk.com. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
  4. The Book of Manchester and Salford; written for the British Medical Association. Manchester: George Falkner & Sons, 1929; pp. 132–34
  5. "Christie Hospital: miscellaneous documents and records". Archives Hub. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  6. "Christie Hospital". National Archives. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  7. "Cause of the Christie Hospital fire is finally revealed". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
  8. "New world-class cancer research facility coming to Manchester". Health Europa. Retrieved 25 November 2018.
  9. "Proton beam therapy centres to be based in Manchester and London". BBC News. 5 April 2012.
  10. "First NHS proton beam machine arrives at Christie hospital". BBC News. 22 June 2017.
  11. Dobson, Charlotte (4 December 2018). "The Christie's Proton Beam Therapy unit is to start treating patients". Manchester Evening News.
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