Papworth Hospital, Cambridge

This hospital is part of Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

General hospital information

  • Number of beds: 230
  • % of single rooms: 30%
  • Total parking spaces: 184
  • Average parking fee per hour: £0.84

Address & description

Papworth Hospital,
Papworth Everard, Cambridge, England, CB23 3RE
Tel: Work 01480 830541
Papworth Hospital

Papworth Hospital is the UK’s largest specialist cardiothoracic hospital and the country’s main heart and lung transplant centre. We have an extraordinary commitment to delivering the highest levels of clinical quality and providing the best standards of personalised care possible to our patients.

We treat over 22,400 inpatient and day cases and over 48,400 outpatients each year from across the UK. Our services are internationally recognised and include cardiology, respiratory medicine, and cardiothoracic surgery and transplantation.

Whilst Papworth Hospital is a regional centre for the diagnosis and treatment of cardiothoracic disease, it is also a national centre for a range of specialist services, including pulmonary endarterectomy and is one of the first centres in Europe to offer transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Papworth Hospital has the largest respiratory support and sleep centre (RSSC) in the UK.

Cardiac services (heart)

The cardiac services directorate manages one of the biggest cardiac centres in the country, offering dedicated, specialist care. It deals with all aspects of the diagnosis, management and treatment of heart conditions in adults. Papworth Hospital is:

  • One of the UK’s leading centres in coronary angiography, angioplasty and stenting
  • A leading centre for intervention in structural heart disease including closure of septal defects and transcatheter treatment of valve disease
  • One of the first centres in Europe to offer transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI)
  • Recognised as one of the UK’s leading centres for Electrophysiology (EP)
  • A major centre for device implantation including pacemakers, biventricular pacemakers and implantable defibrillators
  • One of the UK’s leading and largest specialist providers of cardiac surgery including Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) and the UK’s largest valve repair/replacement centre

Thoracic services (lungs)

Our thoracic services directorate provides care to patients with a wide range of acute and chronic chest conditions. This includes the interstitial lung disease service, the respiratory infection, inflammation and immunology service and surgery for lung cancer. Papworth Hospital is:

  • One of the largest services in Europe devoted to the treatment of chronic lung infections
  • Home to the Cystic Fibrosis Centre which has gained a national and international reputation for its contribution to research
  • A diagnostic and treatment plan for patients with Interstitial Lung Disease
  • The largest national centre for the provision of ventilator support and sleep medicine. Referrals are received from all over the UK for all types of sleep disorders; obstructive sleep apnoeas, narcolepsy and unusual behaviours during sleep
  • The only UK hospital to offer Pulmonary Endarterectomy (PEA) surgery for pulmonary hypertension
  • One of the UK's leading specialist centres for the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary vascular diseases
  • The largest 'Sleep Clinic' in the UK
  • Advanced diagnostic and therapeutic techniques for patients with suspected or confirmed lung cancer (Thoracic Oncology)
  • An internationally recognised specialist centre for the treatment of diseases of the chest. It is a major centre for thoracic surgery using latest research and new techniques

Facilities:

There are 272 beds across the following areas and wards, as well as:

  • Five operating theatres
  • Five Angiographic suites
  • Two CT Scanners
  • One MRI Scanner

For more detailed information, please visit our website at www.papworth.nhs.uk

* this profile text was provided by Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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Services at Papworth Hospital

General Services Information

Hospital Questions

  • How many single rooms are available to NHS patients at this hospital: 65
  • Of these how many have an ensuite toilet: 49
  • Of these how many have an ensuite toilet and shower or bath: 49
  • Does this hospital operate an accident and emergency unit: No
  • How many specialist palliative care beds are available at this hospital: 0 commentsNot specifically ring fenced
  • Does this hospital have a named private unit/service: Yes
  • What is the name of the private unit/service: Varrier Jones and The Papworth Clinic
  • How many beds are available within the private unit/service: 20
  • How many single rooms are available within the private unit/service: 16
  • Of these, how many have an ensuite toilet: 16
  • Of these, how many have an ensuite toilet and shower or bath: 16
  • Direct telephone number for the private unit: 01480 364648

Trust Questions

  • Does the Trust treat private patients: Yes

Patient Safety

Trust Questions

  • Is there a system for recording operations that resulted in a foreign body being left post surgery: Yes
  • What is the reporting system for a foreign body being left post surgery: DATIX Incident Reporting System
  • Is there a system for recording operations that were cancelled due to missing notes: Yes
  • What is the reporting system for operations that were cancelled due to missing notes: DATIX Incident Rporting System
  • Is there a system for recording operations that resulted in wrong site surgery taking place: Yes
  • What is the reporting system for operations that resulted in wrong site surgery taking place: DATIX Incident Reporting System
  • During the period 01 April 2010 - 31 March 2011, how many operations resulted in a foreign body being left post surgery: 1
  • During the period 01 April 2010 - 31 March 2011, how many operations were cancelled due to missing notes: 0
  • 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: 8
  • 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%
  • What percentage of patients are risk assessed for venous thromboembolism on admission: 91-99%
  • 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). : Yes
  • Does the Trust have a policy for providing educational programmes on using and interpreting clinical indicators: No
  • Does the Trust have a designated member of staff who supports teams in locating and analysing safety and quality data? (support): No
  • Is safety and quality data available on a central platform and actively disseminated to users: Yes

Infection Control

Trust Questions

  • Does the Trust employ an antibiotic pharmacist: Yes
  • 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: Yes
  • Elective patient groups screened at the pre-op assessment clinic: All elective surgical
  • 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: Yes
  • 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
  • Does the Trust have at least one accident and emergency unit: No
  • Does the Trust have a dedicated isolation ward: No
  • Protocol for isolating patients with infections: All patients with diarrhoea or transmissible infection are isolated. There are also a small number of negative pressure side rooms.
  • Does the Trust have an isolation policy: Yes
  • Where medically appropriate, are patients with C Diff isolated in single rooms as a matter of priority: Yes
  • Does the Trust have a policy to guide the use of metronidazole and vancomycin for C.difficile infected patients: Yes
  • Does the Trust routinely isolate all patients with diarrhoea: Yes

Stroke Medicine

Trust Questions

  • Does the Trust have a specialist stroke unit or units: No
  • Is the Trust part of a stroke care network: No
  • 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): 0
  • Is thrombolysis for stroke patients provided 24 hours per day and 7 days a week : Yes
  • Are there any formal arrangements with neighbouring hospitals for the emergency transfer of stroke patients who would benefit from thrombolytic treatment: Yes
  • These arrangements are with: Cambridge University Hospitals

Trauma & Orthopaedics

Trust Questions

  • Does the Trust offer a trauma service: No
  • Does the Trust offer an orthopaedics service: No

Palliative Care

Trust Questions

  • Does the Trust provide a palliative care service: Yes
  • How is specialist palliative care delivered at the hospital: A multi-disciplinary specialist palliative care team
  • Does the hospital's specialist palliative team includes: A consultant in palliative medicine,A palliative care nurse
  • Is the Trust's specialist palliative care team available 24 hrs a day seven days a week: No commentsThe Team are available Mon-Fri working hours, a Palliative care Consultant is available for telephone advice 'out of hours'.
  • Are facilities provided to support relatives and carers who wish to stay with a patient in hospital: Yes
  • 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: No commentsLast survey of bereaved carers of patients in critical care (the area where the majority of hospital deaths occur) carried out in 2010.

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