Warwick Hospital, Warwick

This hospital is part of South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust

General hospital information

  • Number of beds: 458
  • % of single rooms: 15%
  • Total parking spaces: 291
  • Average parking fee per hour: £1.33

Address & description

Warwick Hospital,
Lakin Road, Warwick, England, CV34 5BW
Tel: Work 01926 495 321
Warwick Hospital

Warwick Hospital is part of South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust and provides acute services to the local communities in South Warwickshire and surrounding areas. The Trust's vision is to ‘provide high quality, clinically and cost effective NHS healthcare services that meet the needs of our patients and the communities that we serve.’  

The hospital provides a wide range of day case, inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic services which includes a cancer treatment centre, an Accident and Emergency Department, Maternity and Special Care Baby Unit, along with Main and Day Surgery Theatres and an Intensive Care Unit.

Warwick Hospital has been recognised as a CHKS Top Hospital for the third consecutive year and continues to develop facilities and services to ensure that patients receive the best possible care. Last year this included the development of a new laparoscopic theatre, which is the first of its kind in the West Midlands.

The Trust also provides specialist rehabilitation on a regional basis and community services to the whole of Warwickshire which has enabled the opportunity for more joined up working between the hospital and community services. As a result many new services have been developed to facilitate admission avoidance and early discharge from the hospital ensuring that patients receive high quality care and support in their own home.

* this profile text was provided by The South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust

Cataract surgery

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Waiting times

How long am I likely to have to wait for my operation?

For this procedure, this graph shows the average time in days that patients waited for their first outpatient appointment and their subsequent admission to hospital.

When referred to hospital by their GP, a patient's first appointment will be as an outpatient. The days between referral and attending a first outpatient appointment are known as an outpatient wait (the yellow block in the graph). Outpatient appointments give doctors the opportunity to examine the patient. If a doctor decides that surgery is necessary, they will recommend that the patient is given a date to attend hospital as an inpatient - they make a decision to admit.

The elapsed time (in days) between the date of the decision to admit and the patient's admission to hospital is called an inpatient wait (the blue block in the graph) The red line across the graph shows the average total wait (both outpatient and inpatient) for this operation in the NHS in England.

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National average: 88.0

Inpatient rate

Will I need to stay in hospital overnight?

  • Less than expected
  • As expected
  • More than expected
  • Sample too small

Less complex operations may not require the patient to stay in hospital overnight. Patients who are treated and return home on the same day, as planned, are called day cases; those who stay in hospital overnight are called inpatients. Whether you are treated as an inpatient or a day case will be determined by a number of factors, including your age and general health.

For a given operation, statistical models enable us to estimate the number of inpatients at a given NHS Trust. By dividing the actual number of inpatients by our expected number we create a ratio (shown on the graph with a coloured circle).

A confidence interval (the vertical blue box) allows us to measure the trust's performance in relation to a national standard. If the confidence interval straddles the red horizontal line on the graph (100), the Trust is in line with national performance - it is performing as expected. Where the confidence interval is wholly above or below the national benchmark, the trust experienced significantly more or less inpatients than we would expect.

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100

157.79

low: 110.4972, high: 218.4538

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust

187.46

4.52

low: 0.9080, high: 13.2006

Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust

26.16

low: 7.0370, high: 66.9670

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

13.17

223.97

Readmission rate

What's the risk of me having to return to hospital urgently?

  • Less than expected
  • As expected
  • More than expected

A readmission occurs when a patient is admitted to hospital as an emergency within one month of being sent home. While the factors involved can be varied and complex, readmission is widely accepted as an indicator of the quality of hospital care.

For a given operation, statistical models enable us to estimate the number of readmissions at a given NHS Trust. By dividing the number of observed readmissions by the actual number we create a ratio (shown on the graph with a coloured circle).

A confidence interval (the vertical blue box) allows us to measure the trust's performance in relation to a national standard. If the confidence interval straddles the red horizontal line on the graph (100), the Trust is in line with national performance - it is performing as expected. But where the confidence interval is wholly above or below the red horizontal line, the trust experienced significantly more or less readmissions than expected.

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100

122.22

low: 80.5231, high: 177.8294

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust

136.40

low: 109.9547, high: 167.2854

Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust

85.58

low: 44.1702, high: 149.5038

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

116.04

97.59

Infection control

Tackling MRSA and Clostridium Difficile (C. Difficile) is a major issue. The steps that hospitals take to contain these infections are known as Infection Control.

The incidence of these infections is measured with a rate. For MRSA, the number of cases of MRSA blood infection reported by the trust is counted per 100,000 bed days (a bed day is defined as one patient occupying a hospital bed for one night), for C. Difficile, the number of cases of C. Difficile infection reported by the trust, is counted per 100,000 bed days. Cases in patients less than two years of age are not reported. These figures include both emergency and elective patients (patients who planned their treatment in advance).

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National average: 1.30

C. Difficile

Tackling MRSA and Clostridium Difficile (C. Difficile) is a major issue. The steps that hospitals take to contain these infections are known as Infection Control.

The incidence of these infections is measured with a rate. For C. Difficile it is the number of cases of C. Difficile infection reported per 100,000 bed days for cases apportioned to the trust; a bed day is defined as one patient occupying a hospital bed for one night. This figure includes both emergency and elective patients (patients who planned their treatment in advance).

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National average: 21.80

Hospital Mortality Ratio

What is this trust's overall level of mortality?

  • Less than expected
  • As expected
  • More than expected

For those diagnoses that account for the majority (80%) of deaths in hospital, the Hospital Standardised Mortality Ratio (HSMR) measures the number of patients dying at a trust compared with a national benchmark.

Statistical models enable us to estimate the number of deaths at a trust. By dividing the number of actual deaths by the expected number, our modelled number, we create a ratio (shown on the graph with a coloured circle). Our model accounts for factors that can affect mortality but are beyond the control of the trust, for example, a patient's age.

Control limits (the vertical blue box) measure a trust's performance in relation to a national standard. If the ratio is within the vertical blue box it is consistent with national performance ­ the trust is performing as expected. A ratio outside the blue box is inconsistent with national performance.

We used data from the last financial year for the one year HSMR; the three year HSMR is calculated with data from the last three financial years. HSMR trend shows the HSMR for each of the last seven financial years, benchmarked against the 2002/03 model. Compare your chosen hospital provider with the five nearest providers performing this procedure. Read more about this indicator.

100

101.47

low: 88.7029, high: 112.1724

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust

96.68

low: 94.4346, high: 105.7788

Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust

116.72

low: 88.0391, high: 113.0209

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

111.61

96.57

HSMR (3 year)

Control limits (the vertical blue box) measure a trust's performance in relation to a national standard. If the ratio is within the vertical blue box it is consistent with national performance - the trust is performing as expected. A ratio outside the blue box is inconsistent with national performance.

The three year HSMR is calculated with data from the last three financial years (2007/08, 2008/09, 2009/10). This wider pool of data, three years, gives a broader picture of a trust's performance over time.

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100

106.30

low: 93.3195, high: 107.0431

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust

98.09

low: 96.7422, high: 103.3387

Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust

116.58

low: 93.1248, high: 107.2465

George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust

108.98

103.11

Services at Warwick Hospital

General Services Information

Hospital Questions

  • How many single rooms are available to NHS patients? 66
  • Of these how many have an ensuite toilet? 47
  • Of these how many have an ensuite toilet and shower or bath? 38
  • Does this hospital site operate an accident and emergency unit? Yes
  • How many specialist palliative care beds do you have available at this site? 0
  • Are staff scheduled to be on site for a rostered session or full shift every saturday to carry out: Imaging - Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Yes
  • Are staff scheduled to be on site for a rostered session or full shift every saturday to carry out: Imaging - Computed Tomography: Yes
  • Are staff scheduled to be on site for a rostered session or full shift every saturday to carry out: Imaging - Non-obstetric ultrasound: Yes
  • Are staff scheduled to be on site for a rostered session or full shift every saturday to carry out: Imaging - DEXA Scan: No commentsInsufficient demand
  • If No, are staff scheduled to be on call at home available to come in and perform this test? No commentsDue to insufficient demand
  • Are staff scheduled to be on site for a rostered session or full shift every sunday to carry out: Imaging - Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Yes
  • Are staff scheduled to be on site for a rostered session or full shift every sunday to carry out: Imaging - Computed Tomography: Yes
  • Are staff scheduled to be on site for a rostered session or full shift every sunday to carry out: Imaging - Non-obstetric ultrasound: Yes
  • Are staff scheduled to be on site for a rostered session or full shift every sunday to carry out: Imaging - DEXA Scan: No commentsInsufficient demand
  • If No, are staff scheduled to be on call at home available to come in and perform this test? No commentsDue to insufficient demand

Trust Questions

  • Do you have a process/policy for identifying patients for early supported discharge (ESD)? Yes
  • Is there currently an ESD programme for Trauma and Orthopaedics? Yes
  • Is there currently an ESD programme for Nose & Throat (ENT)? No
  • Is there currently an ESD programme for Paediatric Surgery? No
  • Is there currently an ESD programme for Urology? No
  • Is there currently an ESD programme for Plastic & Resconstructive? NA
  • Is there currently an ESD programme for Neurosurgery? NA
  • Is there currently an ESD programme for Cardiac surgery? NA
  • Is there currently an ESD programme for Throacic surgery? NA
  • Is there currently an ESD programme for Oral & Maxillofacial surgery? NA
  • Is there currently an ESD programme for Cardiothoracic Surgery? NA
  • Is there currently an ESD programme for GI surgery? No
  • Is there currently an ESD programme for Stroke Medicine? Yes commentsCurrently being implemented
  • Is there currently an ESD programme for Care of the Elderly? Yes commentsCurrently being implemented
  • During the period 01 April 2011 - 31 March 2012, the total number of patients within the trust who were eligible for an ESD programme? 000000000000 commentsData is not available due to there being multiple data sources
  • During the period 01 April 2011 - 31 March 2012, the total number of patients within the trust who were put on an ESD programme? 000000000000 commentsData is not available due to there being multiple data sources
  • Does the trust treat private patients? No commentsNo private inpatients, however, there are some private outpatient services

Patient Safety

Trust Questions

  • Do you have 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? Reported as an incident, serious incident via STEIS and also to the PCT and SHA as a never event
  • Do you have 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? Reported as an incident, serious incident via STEIS and also to the PCT and SHA as a never event
  • Do you have 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? Reported as an incident, serious incident via STEIS and also to the PCT and SHA as a never event
  • During the period 01 April 2011 - 31 March 2012, how many operations resulted in a foreign body being left post surgery: 0
  • During the period 01 April 2011 - 31 March 2012, how many operations were cancelled due to missing notes? 0
  • During the period 01 April 2011 - 31 March 2012, how many operations resulted in wrong site surgery taking place? 0
  • How many incident investigations using a full Root Cause Analysis were carried out in 2011/12? 111 commentsAll reported as serious incidents
  • What percent of patient safety incidents resulting in severe harm or death had a full RCA initiated/completed? 100%
  • What percent of acute inpatients have a track and trigger warning system in place for the duration of the admission? 100%
  • During the period 01 April 2011 - 31 March 2012, the total number of patients who were transferred from a general ward to critical care because they had been coded to the 'high score group' according to the track and trigger system: 131
  • What percent of patients are risk assessed for venous thromboembolism on admission? 91-99%
  • Is the Trust compliant with all relevant NPSA safety alerts issues in 2011/12? (you can find a full list of alerts issued at http://www.nrls.npsa.nhs.uk/resources/?p=3).: Yes
  • Do the trust have a policy for providing educational programmes on using and interpreting clinical indicators? (training): No commentsThe Trust doesn't have a formal policy regarding clinical indicators.  However, CHKS consultancy provides informal training to clinicians and managers within the Trust. 
  • Does the trust have a designated member of staff who supports teams in locating and analysing safety and quality data? (support): Yes commentsThere is a shared post between Governance and Infection Prevention. There is also support from the Information Performance Team.
  • Is safety and quality data available on a central platform and actively disseminated to users? Yes

Trust Board Activity and Patient Safety

Trust Questions

  • How many board members are there in the trust? 13
  • Over the course of the last year, what percentage of board meeting time has been devoted specifically to discussing patient safety issues? 31-60%
  • Over the past year, have board members received formal training in relation to patient safety? Yes
  • What training and development programmes have been attended? Board members have received risk management training, which includes elements of patient/client safety, as well as board-level training provided by Terema and various national and regional conferences and courses.
  • Have the board set explicit measurable goals for improving performance in relation to patient safety? Yes
  • Measurable goals: HCAI, pressure ulcers, falls, multiple moves of patient, re-admission, beyond threshold, nursing care standards
  • Have strategic goals and objectives related to patient safety been distributed to staff groups within the last 12 months? Yes
  • Ambulance staff groups have received these goals and objectives: No commentsnot applicable
  • Allied Health Professionals staff groups have received these goals and objectives: Yes
  • Doctors staff groups have received these goals and objectives: Yes
  • Health Informatics staff groups have received these goals and objectives: Yes
  • Management staff groups have received these goals and objectives: Yes
  • Nursing staff groups have received these goals and objectives: Yes
  • Healthcare Science staff groups have received these goals and objectives: No commentsnot applicable
  • Wider Healthcare team staff groups have received these goals and objectives: Yes
  • Does the board have formal procedures for reporting inappropriate behaviours in relation to patient safety on a regular basis? Yes
  • What are these procedures? The Board receives regular reports on serious incidents, complaints and litigation.  Formal reporting procedures for reporting inappropriate behaviours are part of the relevant policies and procedures, risk management, incident reporting, complaints, Whistle Blowing etc.
  • Are there procedures for proactively responding to the reporting of staff concerns (e.g. 'whistle blowing') about patient safety? Yes
  • What are these procedures? The Whistle Blowing policy was recently up-dated. The policy was written in conjunction with Trade Unions and went out to consultation to managers and staff. Wherever possible, staff concerns should be resolved informally, i.e. between the member of staff and her/his line manager or professional head. If informal procedures prove ineffective or, after taking advice from the Human Resources Department, or their local staff side representative, it is considered inappropriate to raise concerns informally; staff may raise an issue on a formal basis with the Chief Executive, Chairman of the Trust, Senior Independent Director or any Executive or Non-Executive Director. At all times staff should state clearly that they wish to raise an issue under the Whistle Blowing Policy.
  • Executive walk-arounds are reported at all board meetings: Yes
  • Patient stories are reported at all board meetings: Yes
  • Board members shadow clinicians to better understand patient safety issues are reported at all board meetings: Yes
  • Board members engaged clinicians to better understand patient safety issues are reported at all board meetings: Yes
  • Infection rates are reported at all board meetings: Yes
  • Mortality rates are reported at all board meetings: Yes
  • Morbidity rates are reported at all board meetings: Yes
  • Readmission rates are reported at all board meetings: Yes
  • Incident rates and levels of harm are reported at all board meetings: Yes
  • Patient Safety Surveys are reported at all board meetings: Yes
  • Formal Complaints processes are reported at all board meetings: Yes
  • Medication errors are reported at all board meetings: Yes
  • CQC Quality and Risk Profiles (QRPs) are reported at all board meetings: This goes to Clinical Governance Committee who report to Board
  • Staff safety (injuries and/or sickness) are reported at all board meetings: Yes
  • Implementation of safety alerts are reported at all board meetings: This goes to Clinical Governance Committee who report to Board
  • Formal written reports about safety performance are reported at all board meetings: Yes
  • How many members of the board have clinical backgrounds? 5
  • Does the board have a formal subcommittee that discusses patient safety issues? Yes
  • How many times a year does this subcommittee meet? 12 commentsmonthly meeting
  • Are patient safety measures included in the Chief Executive Officer's performance review? Yes
  • Details: Last year under this heading there was a specific requirement to improve our falls performance through the implementation of a falls prevention strategy. This year it relates to improving the emergency care pathway.
  • Does the board use any national reporting measures of patient safety? Yes
  • Details: All incidents are reported through our incident reporting system. If they are within the category of serious incidents then they are reported as such, according to the criteria for STEIS. Any serious incident has a root cause analysis undertaken. This report is then discussed at Clinical Governance Committee prior to recommendation for closure to the PCT and SHA, when the CGC is assured that all appropriate action has been taken and an action plan is in place with nominated lead and completion dates.
  • Financial performance: importance within the organistaion (with '1' being the most important and '6' being the least important): 5
  • Clininical effectiveness: importance within the organistaion (with '1' being the most important and '6' being the least important): 4
  • Patient Safety: importance within the organistaion (with '1' being the most important and '6' being the least important): 1
  • Patient Experience: importance within the organistaion (with '1' being the most important and '6' being the least important): 2
  • Achieving waiting time targets: importance within the organistaion (with '1' being the most important and '6' being the least important): 6
  • Staff satisfaction: importance within the organistaion (with '1' being the most important and '6' being the least important): 3

Stroke Medicine

Hospital Questions

  • Does this hospital have a specialist stroke unit? Yes
  • What type of unit does the hospital have? Hyperacute stroke unit (HASU)
  • The number of beds in the Stroke unit: 18
  • Is a trained thrombolysis stroke nurse available 24/7? No commentsWe do not offer this service
  • Is a consultant stroke physician/neurologist available 24/7? Yes on site
  • Is an ST3 physician with training in thrombolysis available 24/7? No commentsWe do not offer this service
  • Does the hospital have consultant led ward rounds for stroke wards seven days a week? No commentsWe have a consultant led ward round 5 days a week. A nurse specialist leads the ward round at weekends

Trust Questions

  • Does the trust have a specialist stroke unit or units? Yes
  • Is the Trust part of a stroke care network? Yes
  • Details: Part of Coventry and Warwickshire Cardiovascular 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 2011 - 31 March 2012)? 208 comments(excluding repatriations from University Hopsitals Coventry and Warwickshire)
  • Of these, what is the number of patients given a Computerised Tomography (CT) scan within 24 hrs of admission? 188
  • Does the hospital have a team permanently onsite which is able to provide thrombolysis for stroke patients 24 hours per day and 7 days a week? No
  • Does the hospital have any formal arrangements with neighbouring hospitals for the emergency transfer of stroke patients who would benefit from thrombolytic treatment? Yes
  • The name of the trust with which the hospital has these arrangements: University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire

Trauma & Orthopaedics

Trust Questions

  • Does the trust offer a trauma service? Yes
  • Does the trust have a dedicated trauma list available 24 hours a day for the duration of the week, (Sunday to Sunday)? No commentsPM lists from 2pm – 8pm Monday – Thursday 2pm – 6pm Friday (then use ncepod if needed) ncepod theatres Saturday and Sunday
  • Does the trust offer an orthopaedics service? Yes
  • 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)? Yes
  • Percentage of all patients attend the class prior to surgery (audited): 100 commentsPatients are not allowed to continue with their surgery if they do not attend. They are informed of this at the time they are reviewed by the consultant in Outpatient Clinic.
  • Does the trust have a standardised anaesthetic protocol for Total Knee Replacement (TKR) and Total Hip Replacement (THR) patients? No
  • Percentage of the trusts total knee replacement (TKR) and total hip replacement (THR) patients walk within 24 hours of surgery (audited): 100 commentsPatients mobilise within 24 hours. Very occasionally a patient may not mobilise if they have a serious medical problem post operatively.
  • Does the trust provide an equivalent physiotherapy service to both elective and trauma patients at the weekend? (i.e. is the service staffed on the weekend with the same skill mix, and numbers of staff): Yes
  • Does the Trust admit patients for total knee replacement (TKR) and total hip replacement (THR) prior to the day of surgery? No
  • Does the Trust routinely record patient records using a specific multi-disciplinary team THR/TKR pathway document? Yes
  • Is this data used to monitor compliance with the agreed pathway? Yes
  • Is criteria-based discharge used? Yes
  • Are patients routinely phoned in the first 48 hours after discharge to check on their progress? Yes commentsPatients are discharged early on day 2. The patient is then followed up by South Warwickshire Accelerated Transfer Team (SWATT) who conduct personal visits for all nursing and physiotherapy needs. Once discharged the SWAT team maintain contact with patients via telephone as required.
  • Do 100% of hip and knee replacements follow an enhanced recovery pathway? Yes
  • Are there daily goals for hip and knee patients to achieve? Yes
  • What day does the Trust aim to have patients ready for home? i.e. what are patients told in their information booklets and at the pre-op class: Day 2/3. Patients have information leaflets and a DVD to take home. This takes them through the whole process including the patients education class, pre operative assessment, what to expect on their day of admission, a virtual visit to theatres, their inpatient recovery and care under SWATT team.
  • Apart from hip and knee replacement, what other procedures have enhanced recovery pathways? Fractured neck of femur.
  • For what percentage of hip fracture patients is the time to theatre within 36 hours of arrival to Emergency Department (or time of diagnosis (if an inpatient) to the start of anaesthesia)(%): 86.5%
  • What percentage of hip fracture patients are admitted under the joint care of a Consultant Geriatrician & a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon: 100%
  • What percentage of hip fracture patients are admitted using an assessment tool agreed by geriatric medicine, orthopaedic surgery and anaesthesia: 100%
  • What percentage of hip fracture patients are assessed by a geriatrician in perioperative period (defined as 72hrs from admission) (Geriatrician defined as Consultant; SAS or ST3+): 100%
  • What percentage of hip fracture patients receive a postoperative Geriatrician-directed Multi-professional rehabilitation team: 98% commentsapproximately
  • What percentage of hip fracture patients receive postoperative Geriatrician-directed Fracture prevention assessments (falls and bone health): 98% commentsapproximately
  • What percentage of hip fracture patients have a Pre and post op abbreviated mental test score (AMTS): 100%

Paediatrics

Hospital Questions

  • Does this hospital offer a paeditrics service? Yes

Trust Questions

  • Does the trust provide a paediatrics service? Yes
  • Is the trust's elective paediatric surgery carried out only by designated surgeons with at least six months training in a specialist unit? Yes commentsWe have answered this question in relation to General Surgery
  • Do the trust's anaesthetists with responsibility for paediatric anaesthesia participate in at least one paediatric list per week? No commentsAll of our anaesthetists need to be able to deal with paediatrics and there is not sufficient caseload for all to do regular lists. 
  • Paediatrician on site (SpR or higher) available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week: Yes
  • At least two registered children's nurses on duty 24hours per day in each children's ward available 24 hours per day, 7 days per week: Yes
  • Is there a designated facility on site for parents or guardians to stay overnight? Yes commentsParents have designated chair beds by each bed for use  overnight. Parents sitting room available 24/7 adjacent to main ward area
  • What percentage of children who are admitted to a paediatric department with an acute medical problem are seen by a paediatrician on the middle grade or consultant rota within four hours of admission? 100% commentsNo formal figures but 100% other than in exceptional circumstances if there is a very sick child requiring their on-going attention
  • What percentage of children who are admitted to a paediatric department with an acute medical problem are seen by a consultant paediatrician (or equivalent staff, speciality and associate specialist grade doctor who is trained and assessed as competent in acute paediatric care), within the first 24 hours? 100%
  • Do All SSPAUs (Short Stay Paediatric Assessment Units) have access to a paediatric consultant (or equivalent) opinion throughout all the hours they are open? Yes commentsAll inpatient children currently seen in main paediatric ward.
  • Is at least one medical handover in every 24 hour period led by a paediatric consultant (or equivalent)? Yes
  • Are specialist paediatricians available for immediate telephone advice for acute problems for all specialties, and for all paediatricians? Yes commentsConsultants Paediatrics are always available to give advice. They are general paediatrics with specialist interest areas. Further advice can be gained from Tertiary Centres
  • Do all children's social care, police and health teams have access to a paediatrician with child protection experience and skills (of at least Level 3 safeguarding competencies) available to provide immediate advice and subsequent assessment, if necessary , for children under 18 years of age where there are child protection concerns. (The requirement is for advice, clinical assessment and the timely provision of an appropriate medical opinion, supported with a written report)? Yes

Palliative Care

Trust Questions

  • Does the trust provide a palliative care service? Yes
  • How is specialist palliative care is delivered at this hospital? A multi-disciplinary specialist palliative care team
  • Does the hospital's specialist palliative team include: A consultant in palliative medicine,A palliative care nurse,Counsellor(s) commentsCounsellor - Psychologists
  • Is the Trust's specialist palliative care team available 24 hrs a day seven days a week? No commentsAdvice and support available 24/7 as part of network arrangment
  • 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? Yes

Care of the Elderly

Trust Questions

  • Does the trust have a named senior clinician who takes the lead for quality improvement in dementia in the trust? Yes
  • Name and job title: Madeleine Curran Matron/Dementia Lead & Dr Gurijala Consultant Elderly Care Physician
  • Does the trust have an explicit care pathway for the management and care of people with dementia in hospital? No commentsIt is in development
  • Is there a process for identifying patients who are at risk of dehydration an malnutrition? Yes commentsEvery patient has a nutritional/ hydration assessment on admission as part of the nursing assessment, this is reviewed throughout the patients admission as as required or when their clinical condition changes.
  • During the period 01 April 2011 - 31 March 2012, the total number of patients recorded as malnourished or dehydrated according to the trust's incident reporting system: 0
  • Does the trust currently audit the number of "slips, trips and falls" using a risk management system? Yes
  • Is this information submitted to the NPSA's National Reporting and Learning System (NRLS) via the local risk management systems or e-forms? Yes
  • The total number of incidents during the period 01 April 2011 - 31 March 2012 for the category: No harm: 714 commentsThere is always a slight drift, currently approx 2.5%, between the detailed harm data and the final year data, due to ongoing
  • The total number of incidents during the period 01 April 2011 - 31 March 2012 for the category: Low harm - harm requiring first-aid level treatment, or extra observation only (e.g. bruises, grazes): 316 commentsThere is always a slight drift, currently approx 2.5%, between the detailed harm data and the final year data, due to ongoing
  • The total number of incidents during the period 01 April 2011 - 31 March 2012 for the category: Moderate harm - harm requiring hospital treatment or a prolonged length of stay but from which a full recovery is expected (e.g. fractured clavicle, laceration requiring suturing): 105 commentsThere is always a slight drift, currently approx 2.5%, between the detailed harm data and the final year data, due to ongoing
  • The total number of incidents during the period 01 April 2011 - 31 March 2012 for the category: Severe harm - harm causing permanent disability (e.g. brain injury, hip fractures where the patient is unlikely to regain their former level of independence): 10 commentsThere is always a slight drift, currently approx 2.5%, between the detailed harm data and the final year data, due to ongoing
  • The total number of incidents during the period 01 April 2011 - 31 March 2012 for the category: Death - where death is directly attributable to the fall: 0 commentsThere is always a slight drift, currently approx 2.5%, between the detailed harm data and the final year data, due to ongoing

Staffing

Hospital Questions

  • Foundation Doctors, Year 1 & 2 Scheduled to be on site for rostered session or full shift on Sunday June 17th at 11:00am: 6
  • Foundation Doctors, Year 1 & 2 On call, but physically on site either as a requirement of terms of on call or as routine practice, e.g. Ward round on Sunday June 17th at 11:00am: 6
  • Foundation Doctors, Year 1 & 2 on call from home on Sunday June 17th at 11:00am: 0
  • ST1/ST2 or CT1/CT2 (core training/specialist training ) or equivalent non-deanery post scheduled to be on site for rostered session or full shift on Sunday June 17th at 11:00am: 6
  • ST1/ST2 or CT1/CT2 (core training/specialist training ) or equivalent non-deanery post on call, but physically on site either as a requirement of terms of on call or as routine practice, e.g. Ward round on Sunday June 17th at 11:00am: 6
  • ST1/ST2 or CT1/CT2 (core training/specialist training ) or equivalent non-deanery post on call from home on Sunday June 17th at 11:00am: 0
  • ST3 or higher (specialist training) scheduled to be on site for rostered session or full shift on Sunday June 17th at 11:00am: 5
  • ST3 or higher (specialist training) on call, but physically on site either as a requirement of terms of on call or as routine practice, e.g. Ward round on Sunday June 17th at 11:00am: 3
  • ST3 or higher (specialist training) on call from home on Sunday June 17th at 11:00am: 2
  • Staff grade post equivalent to ST3 or higher scheduled to be on site for rostered session or full shift on Sunday June 17th at 11:00am: 5
  • Staff grade post equivalent to ST3 or higher on call, but physically on site either as a requirement of terms of on call or as routine practice, e.g. Ward round on Sunday June 17th at 11:00am: 3
  • Staff grade post equivalent to ST3 or higher on call from home on Sunday June 17th at 11:00am: 2
  • Consultants scheduled to be on site for rostered session or full shift on Sunday June 17th at 11:00am: 9
  • Consultants on call, but physically on site either as a requirement of terms of on call or as routine practice, e.g. Ward round on Sunday June 17th at 11:00am: 4
  • Consultants on call from home on Sunday June 17th at 11:00am: 5
  • Foundation Doctors, Year 1 & 2 responsible for current medical inpatients and new medical admissions scheduled to be on site for rostered session or full shift on Sunday June 17th at 11:00am: 6 commentsThis team is the same as the above section and are responsible for all medical inpatients/medical admissions. The Surgical and Medical on-call Consultants provide ward rounds in the morning to review new admissions that had come in overnight.
  • Foundation Doctors, Year 1 & 2 responsible for current medical inpatients and new medical admissions on call, but physically on site either as a requirement of terms of on call or as routine practice, e.g. Ward round, on Sunday June 17th at 11:00am: 6 commentsThis team is the same as the above section and are responsible for all medical inpatients/medical admissions. The Surgical and Medical on-call Consultants provide ward rounds in the morning to review new admissions that had come in overnight.
  • Foundation Doctors, Year 1 & 2 responsible for current medical inpatients and new medical admissions on call from home on Sunday June 17th at 11:00am: 0 commentsThis team is the same as the above section and are responsible for all medical inpatients/medical admissions. The Surgical and Medical on-call Consultants provide ward rounds in the morning to review new admissions that had come in overnight.
  • ST1/ST2 or CT1/CT2 (core training/specialist training ) or equivalent non-deanery post responsible for current medical inpatients and new medical admissions scheduled to be on site for rostered session or full shift on Sunday June 17th at 11:00am: 6 commentsThis team is the same as the above section and are responsible for all medical inpatients/medical admissions. The Surgical and Medical on-call Consultants provide ward rounds in the morning to review new admissions that had come in overnight.
  • ST1/ST2 or CT1/CT2 (core training/specialist training ) or equivalent non-deanery post responsible for current medical inpatients and new medical admissions on call, but physically on site either as a requirement of terms of on call or as routine practice: 6 commentsThis team is the same as the above section and are responsible for all medical inpatients/medical admissions. The Surgical and Medical on-call Consultants provide ward rounds in the morning to review new admissions that had come in overnight.
  • ST1/ST2 or CT1/CT2 (core training/specialist training ) or equivalent non-deanery post responsible for current medical inpatients and new medical admissions on call from home on Sunday June 17th at 11:00am: 0 commentsThis team is the same as the above section and are responsible for all medical inpatients/medical admissions. The Surgical and Medical on-call Consultants provide ward rounds in the morning to review new admissions that had come in overnight.
  • ST3 or higher (specialist training) responsible for current medical inpatients and new medical admissions scheduled to be on site for rostered session or full shift on Sunday June 17th at 11:00am: 5 commentsThis team is the same as the above section and are responsible for all medical inpatients/medical admissions. The Surgical and Medical on-call Consultants provide ward rounds in the morning to review new admissions that had come in overnight.
  • ST3 or higher (specialist training) responsible for current medical inpatients and new medical admissions on call, but physically on site either as a requirement of terms of on call or as routine practice, e.g. Ward round on Sunday June 17th at 11:00am: 3 commentsThis team is the same as the above section and are responsible for all medical inpatients/medical admissions. The Surgical and Medical on-call Consultants provide ward rounds in the morning to review new admissions that had come in overnight.
  • ST3 or higher (specialist training) responsible for current medical inpatients and new medical admissions on call from home on Sunday June 17th at 11:00am: 2 commentsThis team is the same as the above section and are responsible for all medical inpatients/medical admissions. The Surgical and Medical on-call Consultants provide ward rounds in the morning to review new admissions that had come in overnight.
  • Staff grade post equivalent to ST3 or higher responsible for current medical inpatients and new medical admissions scheduled to be on site for rostered session or full shift on Sunday June 17th at 11:00am: 5 commentsThis team is the same as the above section and are responsible for all medical inpatients/medical admissions. The Surgical and Medical on-call Consultants provide ward rounds in the morning to review new admissions that had come in overnight.
  • Staff grade post equivalent to ST3 or higher responsible for current medical inpatients and new medical admissions on call, but physically on site either as a requirement of terms of on call or as routine practice, e.g. Ward round on Sunday June 17th at 1: 3 commentsThis team is the same as the above section and are responsible for all medical inpatients/medical admissions. The Surgical and Medical on-call Consultants provide ward rounds in the morning to review new admissions that had come in overnight.
  • Staff grade post equivalent to ST3 or higher responsible for current medical inpatients and new medical admissions on call from home on Sunday June 17th at 11:00am: 2 commentsThis team is the same as the above section and are responsible for all medical inpatients/medical admissions. The Surgical and Medical on-call Consultants provide ward rounds in the morning to review new admissions that had come in overnight.
  • Consultants responsible for current medical inpatients and new medical admissions scheduled to be on site for rostered session or full shift on Sunday June 17th at 11:00am: 9 commentsThis team is the same as the above section and are responsible for all medical inpatients/medical admissions. The Surgical and Medical on-call Consultants provide ward rounds in the morning to review new admissions that had come in overnight.
  • Consultants responsible for current medical inpatients and new medical admissions on call, but physically on site either as a requirement of terms of on call or as routine practice, e.g. Ward round on Sunday June 17th at 11:00am: 4 commentsThis team is the same as the above section and are responsible for all medical inpatients/medical admissions. The Surgical and Medical on-call Consultants provide ward rounds in the morning to review new admissions that had come in overnight.
  • Consultants responsible for current medical inpatients and new medical admissions on call from home on Sunday June 17th at 11:00am: 5 commentsThis team is the same as the above section and are responsible for all medical inpatients/medical admissions. The Surgical and Medical on-call Consultants provide ward rounds in the morning to review new admissions that had come in overnight.
  • Foundation Doctors, Year 1 & 2 scheduled to be on site for rostered session or full shift on Sunday June 17th at 11:00pm: 1
  • Foundation Doctors, Year 1 & 2 on call, but physically on site either as a requirement of terms of on call or as routine practice, e.g. Ward round on Sunday June 17th at 11:00pm: 1
  • Foundation Doctors, Year 1 & 2 on call from home on Sunday June 17th at 11:00pm: 0
  • ST1/ST2 or CT1/CT2 (core training/specialist training ) or equivalent non-deanery post scheduled to be on site for rostered session or full shift on Sunday June 17th at 11:00pm: 6
  • ST1/ST2 or CT1/CT2 (core training/specialist training ) or equivalent non-deanery post on call, but physically on site either as a requirement of terms of on call or as routine practice, e.g. Ward round on Sunday June 17th at 11:00pm: 6
  • ST1/ST2 or CT1/CT2 (core training/specialist training ) or equivalent non-deanery post on call from home on Sunday June 17th at 11:00pm: 0
  • ST3 or higher (specialist training) scheduled to be on site for rostered session or full shift on Sunday June 17th at 11:00pm: 2
  • ST3 or higher (specialist training) on call, but physically on site either as a requirement of terms of on call or as routine practice, e.g. Ward round on Sunday June 17th at 11:00pm: 2
  • ST3 or higher (specialist training) on call from home on Sunday June 17th at 11:00pm: 0
  • Staff grade post equivalent to ST3 or higher scheduled to be on site for rostered session or full shift on Sunday June 17th at 11:00pm: 7
  • Staff grade post equivalent to ST3 or higher on call, but physically on site either as a requirement of terms of on call or as routine practice, e.g. Ward round on Sunday June 17th at 11:00pm: 5
  • Staff grade post equivalent to ST3 or higher on call from home on Sunday June 17th at 11:00pm: 2
  • Consultants scheduled to be on site for rostered session or full shift on Sunday June 17th at 11:00pm: 9
  • Consultants on call, but physically on site either as a requirement of terms of on call or as routine practice, e.g. Ward round on Sunday June 17th at 11:00pm: 0
  • Consultants on call from home on Sunday June 17th at 11:00am: 9
  • Foundation Doctors, Year 1 & 2 responsible for current medical inpatients and new medical admissions scheduled to be on site for rostered session or full shift on Sunday June 17th at 11:00pm: 1 commentsThis number is the same as the above section as the teams listed are responsible for all medical inpatients/medical admissions.
  • Foundation Doctors, Year 1 & 2 responsible for current medical inpatients and new medical admissions on call, but physically on site either as a requirement of terms of on call or as routine practice, e.g. Ward round on Sunday June 17th at 11:00pm: 1 commentsThis number is the same as the above section as the teams listed are responsible for all medical inpatients/medical admissions.
  • Foundation Doctors, Year 1 & 2 responsible for current medical inpatients and new medical admissions on call from home on Sunday June 17th at 11:00pm: 0 commentsThis number is the same as the above section as the teams listed are responsible for all medical inpatients/medical admissions.
  • ST1/ST2 or CT1/CT2 (core training/specialist training ) or equivalent non-deanery post responsible for current medical inpatients and new medical admissions scheduled to be on site for rostered session or full shift on Sunday June 17th at 11:00pm: 6 commentsThis number is the same as the above section as the teams listed are responsible for all medical inpatients/medical admissions.
  • ST1/ST2 or CT1/CT2 (core training/specialist training ) or equivalent non-deanery post responsible for current medical inpatients and new medical admissions on call, but physically on site either as a requirement of terms of on call or as routine practice: 6 commentsThis number is the same as the above section as the teams listed are responsible for all medical inpatients/medical admissions.
  • ST1/ST2 or CT1/CT2 (core training/specialist training ) or equivalent non-deanery post responsible for current medical inpatients and new medical admissions on call from home on Sunday June 17th at 11:00pm: 0 commentsThis number is the same as the above section as the teams listed are responsible for all medical inpatients/medical admissions.
  • ST3 or higher (specialist training) responsible for current medical inpatients and new medical admissions Scheduled to be on site for rostered session or full shift on Sunday June 17th at 11:00pm: 2 commentsThis number is the same as the above section as the teams listed are responsible for all medical inpatients/medical admissions.
  • ST3 or higher (specialist training) responsible for current medical inpatients and new medical admissions on call, but physically on site either as a requirement of terms of on call or as routine practice, e.g. Ward round on Sunday June 17th at 11:00pm: 2 commentsThis number is the same as the above section as the teams listed are responsible for all medical inpatients/medical admissions.
  • ST3 or higher (specialist training) responsible for current medical inpatients and new medical admissions on call from home on Sunday June 17th at 11:00pm: 0 commentsThis number is the same as the above section as the teams listed are responsible for all medical inpatients/medical admissions.
  • Staff grade post equivalent to ST3 or higher responsible for current medical inpatients and new medical admissions Scheduled to be on site for rostered session or full shift on Sunday June 17th at 11:00pm: 7 commentsThis number is the same as the above section as the teams listed are responsible for all medical inpatients/medical admissions.
  • Staff grade post equivalent to ST3 or higher responsible for current medical inpatients and new medical admissions on call, but physically on site either as a requirement of terms of on call or as routine practice, e.g. Ward round on Sunday June 17th at 1: 5 commentsThis number is the same as the above section as the teams listed are responsible for all medical inpatients/medical admissions.
  • Staff grade post equivalent to ST3 or higher responsible for current medical inpatients and new medical admissions on call from home on Sunday June 17th at 11:00pm: 2 commentsThis number is the same as the above section as the teams listed are responsible for all medical inpatients/medical admissions.
  • Consultants responsible for current medical inpatients and new medical admissions scheduled to be on site for rostered session or full shift on Sunday June 17th at 11:00pm: 9 commentsThis number is the same as the above section as the teams listed are responsible for all medical inpatients/medical admissions.
  • Consultants responsible for current medical inpatients and new medical admissions on call, but physically on site either as a requirement of terms of on call or as routine practice, e.g. Ward round on Sunday June 17th at 11:00pm: 0 commentsThis number is the same as the above section as the teams listed are responsible for all medical inpatients/medical admissions.
  • Consultants responsible for current medical inpatients and new medical admissions on call from home on Sunday June 17th at 11:00pm: 9 commentsThis number is the same as the above section as the teams listed are responsible for all medical inpatients/medical admissions.
  • Does the hospital have a formal "hospital at night" system? Yes
  • Night Nurse Practitioners in the "hospital at night" team: 6
  • Other nursing staff in the "hospital at night" team: 10
  • ST3 or higher (specialist training) in the "hospital at night" team: 5
  • Staff grade post equivalent to ST3 or higher in the "hospital at night" team: 2
  • Consultants in the "hospital at night" team: 8

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