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Dining room refurbishment As part of the completion of the proton beam therapy and outpatient department, we have enhanced our restaurant, which has been opened up to connect with the new link corridor to outpatients. The dining room has had a complete facelift with new lighting, flooring and seating. We hope staff, patients and visitors will be pleased with the changes.

Outpatients almost ready The new outpatient department (Dept. 22) is partially open, with building works now complete. It will be at its full capacity early in the new year and the next steps for the project include: • Work on the new patient flow system that will go live when the new department opens. This will enable patients to self-check in, and be better informed about their journey at The Christie. • Re-build of templates for all clinics that will move over to new outpatients by January 2019. A project group has been set up to carry out this work. • Continued trialling of paperless working in outpatient clinics. Additionally as part of the outpatient redevelopment, the current outpatient annexe (dept 35) will be transformed into a brand new centralised blood room. If you have any questions, please contact Louise Utteridge , outpatients service transformation manager, or Olivia Samuel , lead outpatients nurse. Demolition applications submitted for the Paterson In October, The Christie submitted a series of applications to Manchester City Council for the proposed demolition of the fire-damaged Paterson building and early works to the new building. These applications are currently being considered by Manchester City Council. If these applications are successful, we intend for demolition and early works to begin soon. The initial demolition works include erecting fencing and scaffolding, and removal of some parts of the building. In early 2019 the demolition of the main structures will take place. Demolition is expected to be completed by May 2019. The design process for the new building is just beginning and we intend to share further details of our plans during a period of public consultation early next year. In the meantime, The Christie intends to demolish the fire- damaged building to prepare the site for redevelopment as soon as possible. The Christie website provides a set of ‘Frequently Asked Questions’ for neighbours and further information about the demolition application and early works. You can view it here: www.christie.nhs.uk/about-us/our-future/ our-developments/development-of-the-paterson- site/

Proton centre awards for capital, estates and facilities team The capital, estates and facilities team scooped three awards at the annual North West Constructing Excellence Awards. The proton beam therapy centre won the project of the year, sub regional project of the year, and client of the year awards at the event at the University of Salford. We were also delighted to see our proton beam therapy centre named as Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce’s Building of the Year.

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