Annual Report 2006/07 - Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital

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Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust Annual Report 2006/07 Progress & Innovation Acommitment to improving the quality of patient care drives innovation and new ways of working at the RD&E. Advances in technology assessment and treatment worthy of national recognition and awards. Outstanding Care for Our Youngest Patients Hospital Services graded the RD&E in the top 20 per cent of UK hospitals and as the best in the peninsula. The Healthcare Commission gave the Trust a score of three out of a possible four when it looked at our Children’s Services against some of the Department of Health Children’s National Service Framework Standards. Areas covered “... excellent working relationships exist between the teachers and the medical and nursing staff. Through these, each child’s needs are being met in a holistic manner.” OFSTED REPORT FOR BRAMBLE SCHOOLROOMS ON INSPECTION OF THE HOSPITAL EDUCATION CENTRE by this review included Children’s Emergency Department care, outpatients, surgery, acute paediatrics, play therapy, nursing skill mix and training on child protection, communication and paediatric pain assessment tools. ‘Centre of Excellence’ The First Trimester Screening Clinic at the RD&E was designated as a ‘Centre of Excellence’ for Down’s Syndrome Antenatal Screening last autumn. The award was judged by the National Programme for Down’s Syndrome Screening Committee which applauded the screening programme as ‘the 2007 standard.’ This screening clinic is a service weeks) of their pregnancy who are booked to give birth at the RD&E or in midwife-led units in Tiverton, Honiton and Okehampton. This award working between a large number of staff drawn from Clinical Chemistry, Pathology, Ultrasonography and Midwifery. Teamwork Teamwork is second nature at the RD&E. This was recognised when Renal scooped the Medical Secretarial Team of the Year award for demonstrating that their vision, teamwork and enthusiam contributed to improving the service offered to patients, their consultant, manager or Trust. Tracey Herbert and student nurse Vicky Langley with a young patient. 5
Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust Annual Report 2006/07 PACS Patients at the RD&E now have their x-rays, scans and other medical images captured and stored digitally and accessed electronically with a new system. The Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) makes x-rays and scanned images available instantly to health professionals; and stores and transports them electronically. This minimises the chances of images being lost or misplaced and consultants can compare images to assess long-term conditions. In turn, patient exposure to radiation is decreased as fewer x-rays are necessary. The I-Suite OR in action. “I can’t praise the benefits of brachytherapy enough. There was nothing throughout the entire treatment that distressed me in any way whatsoever.” Mr ralPh Brown of newton aBBot, who was the first Patient to receiVe hDr BrachytheraPy at the rD&e. I-Suite OR International conference delegates watched live surgery beamed to them by state-of-theart technology from Theatre 1 in the Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Centre (PEOC). The ‘I-Suite OR’ combines a computerised guidance system for surgery and a communication system for demonstrations and teaching. Computer-aided orthopaedic “This kit has given us a huge surgery is becoming standard is vital when it comes to continuing advantage in terms of teaching and in leading our tradition of attracting topquality staff. PEOC boasts some of orthopaedic centres around the world. The the leading hip surgeons in the UK.” system is like a Peter Vickery, Directorate Manager, mapping device trauMa anD orthoPaeDics which assists surgeons and is mainly used for hip and knee replacements. EVAR The RD&E is one of only three centres offering a life-saving procedure in the South West known as Endovascular Aneurysm Repair, or EVAR. The 50th patient was admitted in February for this non-invasive surgical procedure used on patients whose main abdominal blood vessel is enlarged. High Dose Rate Brachytherapy Patients are singing the praises of a new technique to treat prostate cancer. The RD&E is one of only three hospitals in the UK offering high dose rate brachytherapy. The difference between brachytherapy and other treatments is that instead of a radiation beam being directed at the prostate from outside the body, between 12 and 15 needles are inserted into the prostate and radiation is directed down each tube. This means that a higher dose of radiation is delivered direct to the prostate which makes it safer and more effective. The fantastic benefits of using EVAR are best summed up by one of the earliest patients to receive EVAR at the RD&E: “The surgeon did a remarkable job and I have nothing but praise for the team. The scars were so minute I don’t think I could even see them! I have had open surgery in the past when a main artery burst so I know how that experience compares. With the EVAR I was up and about in a couple of days and had no ill effects whatsoever. The attention I received was first class!” roBert cooke, axMinster 6
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