Basildon University Hospital, Basildon

General Services Information

Hospital Questions

• How many single rooms are available to NHS patients at this hospital: 199

• Of these how many have an ensuite toilet: 106

• Of these how many have an ensuite toilet and shower or bath: 92

• Does this hospital operate an accident and emergency unit:

• How many specialist palliative care beds are available at this hospital: 23

• Does this hospital have a named private unit/service:

• What is the name of the private unit/service: Orwell Suite, Essex Cardiothoracic Centre

• How many beds are available within the private unit/service: 8

• How many single rooms are available within the private unit/service: 8

• Of these, how many have an ensuite toilet: 8

• Of these, how many have an ensuite toilet and shower or bath: 8

• Direct telephone number for the private unit: 01268 394205

Trust Questions

• Does the Trust treat private patients:

Patient Safety

Trust Questions

• Is there a system for recording operations that resulted in a foreign body being left post surgery:

• What is the reporting system for a foreign body being left post surgery: Incident reporting processes, as a potential never event/SI

• Is there a system for recording operations that were cancelled due to missing notes:

• What is the reporting system for operations that were cancelled due to missing notes: Incident reporting processes and ORMIS ORMIS is a theatre management system

• Is there a system for recording operations that resulted in wrong site surgery taking place:

• What is the reporting system for operations that resulted in wrong site surgery taking place: Incident reporting processes, as a potential never event/SI

• During the period 01 April 2010 - 31 March 2011, how many operations resulted in a foreign body being left post surgery: 0

• During the period 01 April 2010 - 31 March 2011, how many operations were cancelled due to missing notes: 8

• During the period 01 April 2010 - 31 March 2011, how many operations resulted in wrong site surgery taking place: 0

• How many incident investigations using a full Root Cause Analysis did were carried out in 2010/11: 63

• What percentage of patient safety incidents resulting in severe harm or death had a full RCA initiated/completed: 100%

• What percentage of acute inpatients have a track and trigger warning system in place for the duration of the admission: 100% PARS escalation

• What percentage of patients are risk assessed for venous thromboembolism on admission: 91-99% 92.4% from most recent UNIFY submission

• Compliant with all relevant NPSA safety alerts issues in 2010/11 (you can find a full list of alerts issued at http://www.nrls.npsa.nhs.uk/resources/?p=3). :

• Alerts where not expected to be compliant by 1st December 2011 and when expected to be compliant. : Laparoscopic Surgery Post Operative Policy is in draft and when ratified in September 2011 this will be complaint. Training for Safer Insulin Administration has commenced and when sufficiently embedded, this will be closed.

• Does the Trust have a policy for providing educational programmes on using and interpreting clinical indicators:

• Does the Trust have a designated member of staff who supports teams in locating and analysing safety and quality data? (support):

• Is safety and quality data available on a central platform and actively disseminated to users: Ulysses

Infection Control

Trust Questions

• Does the Trust employ an antibiotic pharmacist:

• Does the Trust operate a pre-admission assessment clinic or equivalent system where patients are screened and results returned in advance of the day of admission:

• Elective patient groups screened at the pre-op assessment clinic: All elective surgical + All elective Orthopaedic & Cardiothoracic

• Are all oncology patients screened at the pre-op assessment clinic: Not Applicable

• Are all chemotherapy patients screened at the pre-op assessment clinic: Not Applicable

• Are all elective neurosurgery patients screened at the pre-op assessment clinic: Not Applicable

• Are all patients with past history of MRSA screened at the pre-op assessment clinic:

• What method of MRSA screening is used when screening at admission: Culture based in 24-48hrs

• On admission, does topical suppression take place immediately: Yes for Cardiothoracic admissions and transfers. Yes for Orthopaedic trauma admissions transferred from another hospital. Yes to all previously known positive MRSA carriers.

• Does the Trust have at least one accident and emergency unit:

• Are all patients admitted through A&E screened:

• Is screening done according to individual risk assessment:

• Does the Trust have a dedicated isolation ward:

• Protocol for isolating patients with infections: Single Room isolation

• Does the Trust have an isolation policy:

• Where medically appropriate, are patients with C Diff isolated in single rooms as a matter of priority:

• Does the Trust have a policy to guide the use of metronidazole and vancomycin for C.difficile infected patients:

• Does the Trust routinely isolate all patients with diarrhoea:

Stroke Medicine

Hospital Questions

• Does the hsopital have a specialist stroke unit:

• What type of stroke unit does the hospital have: combined acute and rehabilitation stroke unit

• Number of beds in the unit: 51 Acute=27 (Pasteur Ward) Rehab=24 (Lister Ward)

Trust Questions

• Does the Trust have a specialist stroke unit or units:

• Is the Trust part of a stroke care network:

• Details: Essex Cardiac and Stroke Network

• How many emergency admissions with a primary diagnosis of stroke (ICD10 codes I60 - I64) did the Trust receive in the financial year (period 01 April 2010 - 31 March 2011): 482

• Of these, what was the number of patients given a Computerised Tomography (CT) scan within 24 hrs of admission: 385

• Is thrombolysis for stroke patients provided 24 hours per day and 7 days a week :

• Are there any formal arrangements with neighbouring hospitals for the emergency transfer of stroke patients who would benefit from thrombolytic treatment:

• These arrangements are with: Princess Alexandra Hospital (PAH) send patients suitable for thrombolysis to BTUH between the hours 2100 - 0900hrs

Trauma & Orthopaedics

Trust Questions

• Does the Trust offer a trauma service:

• Does the Trust have a dedicated trauma list available 24 hours a day for the duration of the week, (Sunday to Sunday):

• Does the Trust offer an orthopaedics service:

• Do all the Trust's orthopaedic ward/team have a linked geriatric team with whom they have regular meetings at least once a week:

• Does the Trust run a pre-operative patient education session/class for patients to attend prior to Total Knee Replacement (TKR) and Total Hip Replacement (THR)? : From 16.8.2011

• Does the Trust have a standardised anaesthetic protocol for Total Knee Replacement (TKR) and Total Hip Replacement (THR) patients:

• Estimated percentage compliance to this protocol: 90 90%

• Estimated percentage of the Trusts total knee replacement (TKR) and total hip replacement (THR) patients walk within 24 hours of surgery: 65 65%

• Does the Trust have a specialist orthopaedic physiotherapy service which is available 7 days a week:

• How many patients' discharge's delayed due to lack of physiotherapy services at weekends - audited figure was: 0 None - 7 day service

• Are patients for total knee replacement (TKR) and total hip replacement (THR) admitted prior to the day of surgery:

• What is the principle reason for patients not being admitted on the day of surgery: Clinical need/dependancy

• Are patient records routinely recorded using a specific multi-disciplinary team THR/TKR pathway document:

• Is this data used to monitor compliance with the agreed pathway: Could be, but not at the current time

• Is criteria-based discharge used:

• Are patients routinely phoned in the first 48 hours after discharge to check on their progress: Hospital at home until 10 days, or until satisfied with recovery

Paediatrics

Hospital Questions

• Does the hospital have a paediatrics service: + Orsett Outpatient Services/Basildon Emergency/ Basildon Elective inpatient/Basildon outpatient services

Trust Questions

• Is the Trust's elective paediatric surgery carried out only by designated surgeons with at least six months training in a specialist unit:

• Do the Trust's anaesthetists with responsibility for paediatric anaesthesia participate in at least one paediatric list per week:

• Is a paediatrician on site (SpR or higher) 24 hours per day, 7 days per week:

• Are at least two registered children's nurses on duty 24hours per day in each children's ward:

• Is there a designated facility on site for parents or guardians to stay overnight:

Palliative Care

Trust Questions

• Does the Trust provide a palliative care service: There is a multidisciplinary palliative care team including a councelling service. There is also a 22 bedded medical cancer and palliative care ward (Orsett Ward)

• How is specialist palliative care delivered at the hospital: Adult inpatient specialist palliative care unit + a multidisciplinary specialist palliative care team

• Does the hospital's specialist palliative team includes: A consultant in palliative medicine,A palliative care nurse,Counsellor(s)

• Is the Trust's specialist palliative care team available 24 hrs a day seven days a week:

• Are facilities provided to support relatives and carers who wish to stay with a patient in hospital:

• Does the Trust routinely survey and evaluate the views of patients and bereaved relatives and carers regarding the delivery of care on the end of life programme:

Maternity Care

Maternity Sites

• Basildon University Hospital - Midwife Led

• How many women gave birth in the unit during the year? (not including home births): 1028

• How many babies were born in the unit during the year? (not including home births): 0 included in the total of consultant led

• How many women were booked for a home birth: 0

• How many women had a home birth? (not including births at home by accident): 0

• Number of antenatal rooms: 3

• Total antenatal beds: 3

• Number of assessment area rooms (for monitoring and / or induction): 0

• Total assessment area beds: 0

• Number of delivery rooms: 5

• Total delivery beds: 5

• Number of postnatal rooms: 1

• Total postnatal beds: 4

• Number of rooms in obstetric high dependency unit: 0

• Total obstetric high dependency beds: 0

• Number of single rooms used for both delivery and postnatal care (labour, delivery, recovery and postnatal, or LDRP, rooms): 0

• Amenity rooms; Are women able to book a single room in advance of their birth: All rooms are single rooms

• If women can pay for a single room what is the average cost per night (GBP): 0

• Does the maternity unit have a neonatal intensive care unit:

• Does the maternity unit have a neonatal high dependency unit:

• Does the maternity unit have a special care baby unit:

• Security measures - ankle bands for the baby:

• Security measures - cot alarms:

• Security measures - CCTV:

• Security measures - restricted access:

• Other security measures: Security guard on postnatal ward during peak visiting times in the week

• Pain relief available - bath or shower: Provided by unit

• Pain relief available - birthing pool: Provided by unit

• Pain relief available - birth ball: Provided by unit

• Pain relief available - Massage: Provided by women

• Pain relief available - Aromatherapy: Provided by women

• Pain relief available - TENS: Provided by unit

• Pain relief available - Epidural: Not available

• Pain relief available - Mobile epidural: Not available

• Pain relief available - Entonox (gas and air): Provided by unit

• Pain relief available - Intramuscular injection: Provided by unit

• Total number of WTE midwives at the unit in your funded establishment, including vacant posts: 0 included in the Consultant led figure

• Total number of WTE midwives at the unit as staff in post, including agency and bank staff: 0 included in the Consultant led figure

• Does the unit have midwives available to provide one-to-one care available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: On site

• Does the unit have midwives available for home births available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: On call

• Does the unit have midwives trained and experienced in water birth available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: On site

• Does the unit have a paediatrician available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: On site

• Does the unit have an obstetrician available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: On site

• Does the unit have an anaesthetist available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: On site

• Does the unit have a dedicated obstetric anaesthetist available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: On site

• Basildon University Hospital - Consultant Led

• How many women gave birth in the unit during the year? (not including home births): 2959 Excluding home births and BBAs

• How many babies were born in the unit during the year? (not including home births): 4048 Excluding home births and BBAs

• How many women were booked for a home birth: 160

• How many women had a home birth? (not including births at home by accident): 67

• Number of antenatal rooms: 7

• Total antenatal beds: 5

• Number of assessment area rooms (for monitoring and / or induction): 5

• Total assessment area beds: 8

• Number of delivery rooms: 11

• Total delivery beds: 11

• Number of postnatal rooms: 12

• Total postnatal beds: 26

• Number of rooms in obstetric high dependency unit: 1

• Total obstetric high dependency beds: 3

• Number of single rooms used for both delivery and postnatal care (labour, delivery, recovery and postnatal, or LDRP, rooms): 0

• Amenity rooms; Are women able to book a single room in advance of their birth:

• If women can pay for a single room what is the average cost per night (GBP): 0 Do not offer

• Does the maternity unit have a neonatal intensive care unit:

• Does the maternity unit have a neonatal high dependency unit:

• Does the maternity unit have a special care baby unit:

• Security measures - ankle bands for the baby:

• Security measures - cot alarms:

• Security measures - CCTV:

• Security measures - restricted access:

• Other security measures: Security guard on postnatal ward during peak visiting times in the week

• Pain relief available - bath or shower: Provided by unit

• Pain relief available - birthing pool: Not available

• Pain relief available - birth ball: Provided by unit

• Pain relief available - Massage: Provided by women

• Pain relief available - Aromatherapy: Provided by women

• Pain relief available - TENS: Provided by unit

• Pain relief available - Epidural: Provided by unit

• Pain relief available - Mobile epidural: Provided by unit PCEA's used not mobile epidural

• Pain relief available - Entonox (gas and air): Provided by unit

• Pain relief available - Intramuscular injection: Provided by unit

• Total number of WTE midwives at the unit in your funded establishment, including vacant posts: 146 Funded establishment is 146 wte midwives (including non clinical and management posts). 133wte midwives (excluding non-clinical and management posts)

• Total number of WTE midwives at the unit as staff in post, including agency and bank staff: 140 Staff in post as of July 2011 - 140 wte midwives (including non clinical and management posts). 127 wte midwives (excluding non clinical and management posts)

• Does the unit have midwives available to provide one-to-one care available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: On site

• Does the unit have midwives available for home births available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: On call

• Does the unit have midwives trained and experienced in water birth available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: On site

• Does the unit have a paediatrician available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: On site

• Does the unit have an obstetrician available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: On site

• Does the unit have an anaesthetist available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: On site

• Does the unit have a dedicated obstetric anaesthetist available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: On site

Trust Questions

• Do all women have a choice about where they receive their antenatal appointments (i.e. at hospital or local health centre):

• Are NHS antenatal classes available (e.g. Parentcraft):

• Available during the daytime (until 5pm):

• Available in the evenings (after 5pm):

• Available at weekends (Saturday and/or Sunday):

• Available for women only groups:

• Available for other groups:

• Also available for: Teenage drop in sessions

• Are all women routinely offered ultrasound scans:

• Scan 1 available between: 10 - 12 weeks

• Scan 2 available between: 20 - 23 weeks

Trust Statistics

Trust Questions

• You can view various measures relating to the Trust's performance by clicking the following link: Basildon and Thurrock University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust