SLHD Year in Review 2011/12 - Sydney Local Health District - NSW ...

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
Executive Director: Ken Cahill
Formed in 1882, Royal Prince Alfred
Hospital is a major tertiary referral
hospital and a principal provider
of a comprehensive range of
clinical services.
HIGHLIGHTS
• The Sydney Gynaecological Oncology
Group was the first major surgical
department in Australia to initiate a
program for its patients.
• The Fast Track Surgery was
nominated for the NSW Premier
award and was selected as a finalist.
• The Diabetes Centre was awarded
the status of International Diabetes
Federation Centre of Education.
• Implementation of the new
electronic handover system. This is a
formal structure created to handover
patients that are unstable, unwell or
deteriorating.
• This new system will link in with the
move to Electronic Medical Records
once hospital-wide Wi-Fi is available
to support use of electronic media
at patient’s bedsides.
• The Emergency Medical Unit
within the Emergency Department
was reopened in July 2011 after
completion of capital works.
• The refurbishment resulted in an
increase in overnight beds and
greater flexibility in how the Fast
Track and EMU models of care can
be utilised.
• The refurbishment allowed
for a new model of care to be
implemented called Rapid Access
Fast Track.
THE YEAR AHEAD
• Opening of the Hybrid Interventional
Laboratory in early 2012/13.
• The RPA ambulatory care clinic
‘Hospital in the Home’ will become
fully operational in early 2012/13.
• The aim of this new model of care
will be to increase the number
of direct referrals of appropriate
patients from the Emergency
Department to avoid the admission
of these patients into the hospital.
• Referrals of appropriate inpatients
will help to decrease inpatient
length of stay and to support
their ongoing treatment via an
ambulatory model.
• The LiVED Program in the
Emergency Department, will be
commencing, volunteers will
be visible and play an active
role as part of the Emergency
Department.
Thank you!
“I would like to express my sincere thanks
to the nurses and doctors of RPA.
The team took time out to listen to me
and were very reassuring. It is these people
that make a better patient outcome.”
– Doreen McCormack
Shave for a Cure 2012
Thank you!
“This is the second time I have
been to RPA. On each occasion I
have been so impressed with the
calibre of all the medical staff.
Everyone has been warm and
caring, patient and focused on
the job. I have never met such an
admirable group of professionals.”
– Gillian Delbridge
6 SYDNEY LOCAL HEALTH DISTRICT 2011/12 REVIEW