Western General Hospital, Edinburgh
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This hospital is part of Lothian NHS Board
General hospital information
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Address & description
The Western General Hospital has a bed complement of 617 acute beds. Specialist services provided include neurosciences, oncology, breast and colonic surgery, and urology. The hospital developed the UK's first neuro-oncology centre for people with conditions, such as brain tumours. The number of patients treated has increased substantially since staff redesigned the service, achieving reduced waiting times and an improved service through measures such as the use of telephone consultations.
The hospital is also the first to open a male cancer centre, which acts as a focus for the multidisciplinary management of testicular and prostate cancers. As well as improving the facilities for clinical care, the new centre provides patients with access to information and support. Within NHS Lothian, the Western General Hospital currently has no patients waiting more than nine months for inpatient or day case treatment, and will meet a six-month maximum waiting time for both outpatients and inpatients/day cases at the end of December 2005. This has been achieved by the hard work and commitment of the staff. Facilities on the site have been improved with new building and considerable investment in equipment.
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Accident & Emergency services at Western General 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 |