Case Study: MAHSC-CTU (Manchester Academic Health Science Centre CTU) achieves secure, cost‑effective productivity and collaboration with Cobweb Hosted SharePoint

Cobweb’s solutions boost productivity and collaboration at MAHSC-CTU

The Manchester Academic Health Science Centre Trials Coordination Unit (MAHSC-CTU) is a non-commercial, not-for-profit trials coordination unit within the Christie NHS Foundation Trust that supports academic healthcare research across Greater Manchester and the North West. Faced with the need for a cost‑effective, secure public web presence and a robust way to share, organise and store information for collaboration with other sites, in-house hosting proved financially and practically unviable.

Cobweb delivered a UK‑hosted web hosting package and hosted SharePoint, implemented in six weeks, providing secure servers, 24/7 maintenance and a scalable platform. The result was an SEO‑optimised public site, streamlined internal and cross‑site collaboration (team workspaces, shared calendars, mobile access), increased exposure and potential business, zero technical issues to date, and a cost‑effective solution supported by charity pricing.

MAHSC-CTU

Matthew Richardson

Research & Development Information & Systems Development Manager