Craigavon Area Hospital, Craigavon
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This hospital is part of Southern Health and Social Care Trust
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Address & description
The Southern Trust's acute hospital network; Daisy Hill and Craigavon Hospital – now serve a population of over 360,000 with patients being treated in both hospitals from outside the southern area. Both hospitals have recently been designated 'Queen's University, Belfast Teaching Hospitals'.
Craigavon Area Hospital is located in Craigavon, County Armagh and has a 24 hour Emergency Department and inpatient beds in the following specialties; General Surgery, Urology, General Medicine, Geriatric Acute, Stroke, Dermatology, Haematology, Cardiology, Obstetrics, Gynaecology, Paediatrics, Paediatric Surgery, Paediatric Urology, Paediatric ENT, ENT, Intensive Care, Special Care Babies, Trauma & Orthopaedics. The new Trauma and Orthopaedic Unit was officially opened in April 2010. This comprises of 2 adjoining Theatre Suites (1 Orthopaedic & 1 Trauma), an Admissions suite, 7 bedded recovery area and ancillary accommodation and a 15-bed ward. Many additional specialties are represented as outpatient services including Ophthalmology, Neurology, Rheumatology, Maxillo-Facial and Plastic Surgery, Orthodontic and Special Dental Clinics. It is also the designated Cancer Unit for the Southern Area -The Macmillan Building provides dedicated accommodation for Oncology and Haematology outpatient clinics and day procedures. The GP Out of Hours service is also based at Craigavon. The Bluestone Unit- a purpose-built mental health facility on the Craigavon site, opened in May 2008 and has won international design awards.
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Accident & Emergency services at Craigavon Area Hospital
cardiac services (heart attack) |
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| Patients having thrombolytic treatment within 30 minutes of arriving at hospital |
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 The National Service Framework (NSF) for coronary heart disease (CHD) states that 75% of eligible heart attack patients in England should receive thrombolytic drugs within 30 minutes of arriving at hospital. Read more about this indicator.
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| Patients having thrombolytic treatment within 60 minutes of calling for help |
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This standard reflects the combined performance of the ambulance service, general practitioners (GPs) and hospitals and is the most relevant overall indicator of care of heart attack patients. It encourages collaborative working across all relevant NHS organisations, particularly between ambulance services and hospitals to reduce delays to thrombolytic treatment. The call for professional help will usually be direct to the ambulance service but may be to a GP or NHS Direct. The Department of Health has set NHS organisations in England the target of 68% of patients receiving thrombolytic treatment within 60 minutes of calling for professional help. Read more about this indicator
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| Primary angioplasty within 90 minutes of arrival at interventional centre door |
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An interim good practice standard of 90 minutes from arrival at an interventional hospital to the time when the blocked artery is reopened (door to balloon time) has been established for provision of primary angioplasty, based on international guidelines.
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| Patients discharged from hospital on secondary prevention medication | ||
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| Clopidogrel | N/A | N/A |