Royal Derby Hospital, Derby
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This hospital is part of Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
General hospital information
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Address & description

The Royal Derby Hospital is the large acute hospital of Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, which is also responsible for the London Road Community Hospital, community health services in Derby and the School of Graduate Entry Medicine and Health.
Recognised by the Department of Health as high performing, the Trust prides itself on delivering high quality patient care to extremely rigorous standards, which has helped to put it amongst the cleanest and safest hospitals in the country. Our vision is to continue to build on our achievements, through 'Taking Pride in Caring'.
The Trust serves a population of more than 600,000 people in and around southern Derbyshire with services focused on prevention and 'wellbeing', rather than simply treatment and cure. For some more specialist services, patients are drawn from a wider catchment area.
A wide range of specialist and general services are provided for patients within the Medical, Surgical, Women's & Children's, and Rehabilitation & Cancer directorates. The Trust also has a Nightingale Macmillan Hospice on site for specialist palliative care. The Royal Derby Hospital, the large acute hospital of the Trust, is one of the newest hospitals in the country. Praised by the Medical Director of the NHS as “a facility of international standing” and “a real example of the NHS at its best”, local people and visitors to Derby benefit from state of the art facilities, the very latest in modern healthcare and the best possible quality of care.
The hospital has more than 1,000 beds catering for a wide range of patients. Many of the beds are in single sex bays or side rooms, improving privacy and dignity for patients. This new hospital incorporates state-of-the-art facilities and equipment – including the region's first helipad at a hospital. The new facilities, combined with clinical staff (many of whom are among the best in their fields with national reputations), puts the Trust in the best possible position to further improve its outstanding track record for quality of service and experience of patients cared for.
There is a close relationship between the Trust, its patients and the wider community through the Public Patient Partnership service and public NHS Foundation Trust membership. This helps the Trust deliver continuous improvement in patient experience and ensure its services meet the needs of the community. Derby Hospitals is one of the largest employers in the region with more than 7,500 staff, from doctors and nurses to housekeepers and corporate support teams. With an annual budget of around £423 million for the financial year 2010/11, Derby Hospitals has a proven track record for maintaining a stable financial position.
Our achievements in 2010-11- The Trust was shortlisted in the Acute Healthcare Organisation of the Year category at the Health Service Journal Awards, receiving a Judges' Commendation.
- We passed an NHS Litigation Authority inspection of 50 'standards' at the highest possible level – one of only a handful of Trust in the country to achieve this.
- As a Trust and health community the 95% target for Accident and Emergency 4 Hour Wait was achieved. Overall performance for the year was 97.03%.
- The Trust delivered the national target to treat 95% of outpatients and 90% of admitted patients within 18 weeks of referral from their GP.
- For cancer waiting times, the Trust has continued to perform well against the 31 and 62 day wait targets and we achieved overall compliance against all standards.
- We worked hard throughout the year to minimise the number of MRSA and Clostridium difficile cases at the Trust, resulting in the number of cases for both being significantly lower than what we were expected to see.
- The latest National Inpatient Survey shows the Trust is in top 20% in the country, with 85% of patients rating the care as excellent or very good. Our vision is to build on our achievements and reputation, ensuring that we remain one of the most highly respected and successful NHS trusts in the country – Taking Pride In Caring .
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Services at Royal Derby Hospital
General Services Information
Hospital Questions
- How many single rooms are available to NHS patients at this hospital: 337
- Of these how many have an ensuite toilet: 317
- Of these how many have an ensuite toilet and shower or bath: 301
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Does this hospital operate an accident and emergency unit:
- How many specialist palliative care beds are available at this hospital: 20
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Does this hospital have a named private unit/service:
There is no specific unit although we do treat private patients
Trust Questions
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Does the Trust treat private patients:
Patient Safety
Trust Questions
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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: Datix web incident reporting system
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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: Datix web incident reporting system
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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: Datix web incident reporting system
- 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: 2
- During the period 01 April 2010 - 31 March 2011, how many operations resulted in wrong site surgery taking place: 1
- How many incident investigations using a full Root Cause Analysis did were carried out in 2010/11: 156
- 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%
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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). :
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Does the Trust have a policy for providing educational programmes on using and interpreting clinical indicators:
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Does the Trust have a designated member of staff who supports teams in locating and analysing safety and quality data? (support):
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Is safety and quality data available on a central platform and actively disseminated to users:
Infection Control
Trust Questions
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Does the Trust employ an antibiotic pharmacist:
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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 and medical
- Are all oncology patients screened at the pre-op assessment clinic: YES
- Are all chemotherapy patients screened at the pre-op assessment clinic: YES
- Are all elective neurosurgery patients screened at the pre-op assessment clinic: Not Applicable
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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
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On admission, does topical suppression take place immediately:
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Does the Trust have at least one accident and emergency unit:
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Are all patients admitted through A&E screened:
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Is screening done according to individual risk assessment:
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Does the Trust have a dedicated isolation ward:
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Protocol for isolating patients with infections: Patients are isolated in single rooms on their specialist ward.
Patients are isolated in single rooms on their specialist ward.
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Does the Trust have an isolation policy:
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Where medically appropriate, are patients with C Diff isolated in single rooms as a matter of priority:
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Does the Trust have a policy to guide the use of metronidazole and vancomycin for C.difficile infected patients:
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Does the Trust routinely isolate all patients with diarrhoea:
Stroke Medicine
Hospital Questions
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Does the hsopital have a specialist stroke unit:
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What type of stroke unit does the hospital have: Hyperacute stroke unit (HASU)
Also has a stroke rehabilitation unit
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Number of beds in the unit: 24
21 beds in the stroke rehab unit
Trust Questions
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Does the Trust have a specialist stroke unit or units:
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Is the Trust part of a stroke care network:
- Details: We are part of the East Midlands Stroke and Cardiac 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): 637
- Of these, what was the number of patients given a Computerised Tomography (CT) scan within 24 hrs of admission: 580
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Is thrombolysis for stroke patients provided 24 hours per day and 7 days a week :
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Are there any formal arrangements with neighbouring hospitals for the emergency transfer of stroke patients who would benefit from thrombolytic treatment:
Trauma & Orthopaedics
Trust Questions
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Does the Trust offer a trauma service:
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Does the Trust have a dedicated trauma list available 24 hours a day for the duration of the week, (Sunday to Sunday):
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Does the Trust offer an orthopaedics service:
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Do all the Trust's orthopaedic ward/team have a linked geriatric team with whom they have regular meetings at least once a week:
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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)? :
Pilot project undertaken, to be rolled out over the next year.
- What is the estimated percentage of all patients that attend the class prior to surgery: 10
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Does the Trust have a standardised anaesthetic protocol for Total Knee Replacement (TKR) and Total Hip Replacement (THR) patients:
- Audited percentage of the Trusts total knee replacement (TKR) and total hip replacement (THR) patients walk within 24 hours of surgery: 85
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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 - estimated figure: 0
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Are patients for total knee replacement (TKR) and total hip replacement (THR) admitted prior to the day of surgery:
Only if clinically indicated
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Are patient records routinely recorded using a specific multi-disciplinary team THR/TKR pathway document:
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Is criteria-based discharge used:
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Are patients routinely phoned in the first 48 hours after discharge to check on their progress:
Enhanced recovery hip patients phoned within 48 hours, all others within 7 days. Enhanced recovery knee patients are visited by a physiotherapist within 48 hours and all others are rang within 72 hours.
Paediatrics
Hospital Questions
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Does the hospital have a paediatrics service:
Trust Questions
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Is the Trust's elective paediatric surgery carried out only by designated surgeons with at least six months training in a specialist unit:
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Do the Trust's anaesthetists with responsibility for paediatric anaesthesia participate in at least one paediatric list per week:
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Is a paediatrician on site (SpR or higher) 24 hours per day, 7 days per week:
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Are at least two registered children's nurses on duty 24hours per day in each children's ward:
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Is there a designated facility on site for parents or guardians to stay overnight:
Palliative Care
Trust Questions
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Does the Trust provide a palliative care service:
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How is specialist palliative care delivered at the hospital: Adult inpatient specialist palliative care unit
Multidisciplinary specialist Palliative Care team provides a comprehensive service including inpatients beds, daycare, outpatients, hospital and community.
- Does the hospital's specialist palliative team includes: A consultant in palliative medicine,A palliative care nurse
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Is the Trust's specialist palliative care team available 24 hrs a day seven days a week:
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Are facilities provided to support relatives and carers who wish to stay with a patient in hospital:
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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:
The Specialist Palliative Care services carries out surveys of bereaved relatives and patients using the Trent Hospice Audit Group core standards and audit tools
Maternity Care
Maternity Sites
- Royal Derby Hospital - Consultant Led
- How many women gave birth in the unit during the year? (not including home births): 5808
- How many babies were born in the unit during the year? (not including home births): 5886
- How many women had a home birth? (not including births at home by accident): 118
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Number of antenatal rooms: 5
2 side rooms, 3 bays
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Total antenatal beds: 14
All of the antenatal inpatient beds are situated within the inpatient ward area.
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Number of assessment area rooms (for monitoring and / or induction): 4
Includes 3 distinct assessment / monitoring rooms - 2 within Antenatal clinic, 1 on Delivery Suite. 1 room for induction of labour on delivery suite
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Total assessment area beds: 12
There are 4 couches and 4 beds available for assessment / monitoring. There are 4 beds for induction of labour.
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Number of delivery rooms: 17
This includes 1 room which is utilised as the bereavement suite
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Total delivery beds: 17
This inlcudes the 1 bed in the bereavement suite
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Number of postnatal rooms: 11
includes one family room
- Total postnatal beds: 47
- Number of rooms in obstetric high dependency unit: 1
- Total obstetric high dependency beds: 4
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Number of single rooms used for both delivery and postnatal care (labour, delivery, recovery and postnatal, or LDRP, rooms): 17
All beds on the delivery suite could potentially be used for both birth and post natal care care.
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Amenity rooms; Are women able to book a single room in advance of their birth:
Amenity beds are available if free at the time
- If women can pay for a single room what is the average cost per night (GBP): 60
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Does the maternity unit have a neonatal intensive care unit:
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Does the maternity unit have a neonatal high dependency unit:
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Does the maternity unit have a special care baby unit:
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Security measures - ankle bands for the baby:
on both ankles
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Security measures - cot alarms:
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Security measures - CCTV:
monitor screens on all entrances/exits
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Security measures - restricted access:
Monitor controlled access to clinical areas including controlled swipe access for all staff.
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Other security measures:
- 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
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Pain relief available - Massage: Provided by women
Provided by birth support partner or midwife
- Pain relief available - Aromatherapy: Provided by unit
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Pain relief available - TENS: Provided by women
Women are encouraged to bring their own prior to coming into the unit
- Pain relief available - Epidural: Provided by unit
- Pain relief available - Mobile epidural: Not available
- Pain relief available - Entonox (gas and air): Provided by unit
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Pain relief available - Intramuscular injection: Provided by unit
Pethidine
- Total number of WTE midwives at the unit in your funded establishment, including vacant posts: 202
- Total number of WTE midwives at the unit as staff in post, including agency and bank staff: 199.82
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Does the unit have midwives available to provide one-to-one care available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: On site
Cannot always be achieved due to activity levels but all clinical dependencies are assessed and skill mix allocated appropriately.
- 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
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Do all women have a choice about where they receive their antenatal appointments (i.e. at hospital or local health centre):
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Are NHS antenatal classes available (e.g. Parentcraft):
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Available during the daytime (until 5pm):
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Available in the evenings (after 5pm):
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Available at weekends (Saturday and/or Sunday):
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Available for women only groups:
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Available for other groups:
- Also available for: Aquanatal sessions
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Are all women routinely offered ultrasound scans:
- Scan 1 available between: 11-14
- Scan 2 available between: 19-22
Trust Statistics
Trust Questions
- You can view various measures relating to the Trust's performance by clicking the following link: Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Consultants at Royal Derby Hospital
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Accident & Emergency services at Royal Derby Hospital
cardiac services (heart attack) |
National average | |
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| Patients having thrombolytic treatment within 30 minutes of arriving at hospital |
89%
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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75% |
| Patients having thrombolytic treatment within 60 minutes of calling for help |
69%
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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68% |
| Primary angioplasty within 90 minutes of arrival at interventional centre door |
89%
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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90% |
| Patients discharged from hospital on secondary prevention medication | ||
| Asprin | 100% | 99% |
| Beta blocker | 100% | 96% |
| Statins | 100% | 97% |
| ACE inhibitor | 100% | 94% |
| Clopidogrel | 100% | 95% |
