Surgical Triage Unit Royal Blackburn Hospital. - NHS North West
Surgical Triage Unit Royal Blackburn Hospital. - NHS North West
Surgical Triage Unit Royal Blackburn Hospital. - NHS North West
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<strong>Surgical</strong> <strong>Triage</strong> <strong>Unit</strong><br />
<strong>Royal</strong> <strong>Blackburn</strong> <strong>Hospital</strong>.<br />
Bev Eaves
Reasons for implementing<br />
• Improvement to patient experience<br />
– Improvement to patient management<br />
• Improvement to patient flow<br />
– Beneficial to Trust 4 hour access target
Previous pathway<br />
Attend<br />
E/D<br />
G/P<br />
Await<br />
assessment<br />
Delay in diagnostics<br />
<strong>Hospital</strong> stay for over 24 hours<br />
Send to<br />
surgical ward<br />
Admit to<br />
acute bed
Organisational issues<br />
• Shortest average length of stay 24 hours.<br />
• 36 bedded emergency ward used for<br />
assessment of patients and emergency<br />
surgery.<br />
• Lengthy wait for assessments and<br />
consultant review<br />
• Compromised care for patients requiring<br />
admission
Current pathway<br />
Attend<br />
G/P<br />
Admit to<br />
STU<br />
Theatre<br />
Home<br />
Admit<br />
Seen within<br />
2hours<br />
Access to<br />
diagnostics same day
Continued<br />
Attend<br />
E/D<br />
Short<br />
assessment<br />
Admit to<br />
STU
Current figures since March 09<br />
• 3338 attendances referral from E/D or G/P<br />
• 1175 admissions into acute setting<br />
• 727 patients treated in STU clinics<br />
• 238 patients sent direct to theatres<br />
• 2163 patients discharged same day<br />
• 2487 bed days saved = £ 750k
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