Daisy Hill Hospital, Newry
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This hospital is part of Southern Health and Social Care Trust
General hospital information
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Address & description
Daisy Hill Hospital is based in the city of Newry and is an essential part of the hospital network provided by the Southern Trust. Daisy Hill has a: 24 hour Emergency Department, Maternity Department, Special Care Baby Unit, inpatient beds in Medicine, Stroke, Rehabilitation, Surgery, Gynaecology, ENT and Paediatrics. There is a Coronary Care Unit, Surgical High Dependency Unit and a Day Procedure Unit and Radiography Department. There is also an adult Sub-regional Haemodialysis Unit which an area-wide service containing 28 Renal stations.
The GP Out of Hours service is also based at Daisy Hill. The Trust also proposes to locate a new area-wide Paediatric Centre of Excellence in Daisy Hill to include a Children's only theatre with associated accommodation, paediatric ward and dedicated paediatric outpatients. On both sites a wide range of diagnostic and therapy services are provided with radiology including CT scanning, cardiology investigations and a 24 hour Laboratory service. Physiotherapy, Occupational Therapy, Podiatry, Speech & Language Therapy and Dietetics are all on-site. Orthoptics clinics are provided on both sites. A range of Mental Health services are also provided on the Daisy Hill site.
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Accident & Emergency services at Daisy Hill 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 | ||
| Asprin | N/A | N/A |
| Beta blocker | N/A | N/A |
| Statins | N/A | N/A |
| ACE inhibitor | N/A | N/A |
| Clopidogrel | N/A | N/A |