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Autumn 2010
Our latest achievements
3 Heart and Lung Centre Busiest
903 cardiac operations were performed at the
centre during 2009-2010
4 Charitable Trust Buys New Equipment
Find out how the cash has been spent to
introduce new equipment that will benefit
patients
5 New Health Service Chairman
Well known local health chief begins his four
year appointment with the Trust
5 Improvements planned for Stroke Unit
New plans set to increase capacity of the unit
through team expansion and a new physician
7 Focus on TPOT Thinking
Taking a closer look at the Productive Operating
Theatre Programme and how it works
Awards
8 PEAT Rates Trust Highly
One out of just 40 hospitals to achieve triple
excellence for maintaining a quality environment
8 Midwifery Award for Normal Childbirth
Maternity unit recognised for inspirational work
on improving local maternity services
Medical Feature
9 World Leading Cancer Research
The latest on trials that have helped put New
Cross on the map as a leading cancer centre
Latest <strong>Update</strong>s
11 Transforming Community Services
Achieving greater service integration through a
structured reform of community services
12 R&D Latest
An insight into the team dedicated to seeking
innovations that will help patients
13 MRSA Dispelling the Myths
Dispelling some of the myths surrounding MRSA
infection in hospitals
Staff Shout
15 Trust Midwife’s Charity Bike Ride
Midwife’s physical and mental endurance put to
the test in aid of National charity
16 Neonatal Unit Receives Donations
Special thanks to the people who’ve supported
the unit with their generous donations
16 Footy Team Tackles NHS Tournament
5-aside team represents Trust in national football
event
17 Trusts Marathon Activities for Dementia Care
Staff step up to the challenge to help raise more
money towards dementia project
18 Retail Survey Winner
Survey captures information from staff to help
shape Trust’s retail strategy
18 New Patient Care Pathway Launches
Providing the best quality care possible for
patients at the end of their life
18 New Catering Facility Opens
A £3 million investment to provide better quality
food and more choice and flexibility for patients
History
19 Florence Nightingale
Trust marks 100th anniversary of Nightingale’s
death with a look at how she influenced today’s
nursing
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Welcome from the
Chief Executive
Barry Picken,
Chairman
Well, it’s been a busy Summer here at the Trust and
we’ve also welcomed a new Chairman into the fold.
Barry Picken has a wealth of experience in the health
sector, having been on the Board of the Wolverhampton
PCT and as a lay assessor for the General Medical
Council. He is also a magistrate and a member of the
West Midlands Police Authority. His appointment is a
good move for us at such an exciting time of continuous
development and achievements across the Trust.
“I’m delighted to be taking up the role as chairman of
the Trust at such a challenging time,” says Barry. “In the
coming months the Hospital has to achieve Foundation
Trust status, as well as deliver the Transforming
Community Services agenda, involving the transfer
of over 1,000 staff and services from the PCT to the
Hospital.”
This Autumn issue sees more of our achievements
as a Trust, but also tells some of the stories behind
our successes, such as our cancer services, which are
renowned as a world class facility and our Heart and
Lung Centre, which is the busiest in the region. Research
and Development is another growing area for us. We
saw an income of £3.7 million generated from our
innovations last year alone.
As we go to press, we await news on our Foundation
Trust status and will continue to keep you informed on
this. We are hopeful that, by the end of this year, our
application for status will be approved. More on this will
be in our winter edition of Trust Talk.
Thanks to everyone, both our staff and our patients,
for helping make New Cross one of the best hospital
facilities around.
Enough from us now! Please enjoy reading this issue, so
we can bring you up to date with what’s happening here
in Wolverhampton…
David Loughton CBE
Chief Executive
David Loughton CBE,
Chief Executive
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