2000 - 2001 - Central Manchester University Hospitals - NHS ...

Quality Issues
Apart from the quality issues and patient satisfaction addressed
at a ward or departmental level, the past year has seen work
begin on some larger Trust-wide projects:
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An undertaking by Out-patient Services to ensure that all
nursing staff are qualified to a minimum of NVQII has
started. This year has seen the successful completion of
NVQII for the first member of staff to embark on this
programme.
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Ensuring that the Trust is in line with the requirements of the
Disability Discrimination Act
Review of catering provision
Review of signposting and maps
Work towards the “Investors in People” and “Charter Mark”
standards.
Director of Pharmacy: Mr R Hey
Staffing Budget: £1.5 million
Medicines Expenditure: £8 million
Staff: 70
The aim of the pharmacy services is to ensure the safe and
effective use of medicines throughout the Trust and consists:
Acting Clinical Director: Mr I C Lloyd
Directorate Manager: Mrs K Partington
Budget: £9.6 million
Staff: 331
The Directorate undertook 8,806 main theatre procedures over
the year and held 77,791 (doctor-led) out-patient consultations.
A further 41,613 attendances took place within the Visual Fields
service, Retinal Photography, Orthoptics and other areas.
Events over the past year have included:
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The purchase of additional sets of patient positioning
equipment to help patients posture face down following
macular hole surgery. Posturing face down for a period of
4-6 weeks enables the “bubble in the eye” to support the
healing/sealing process of the retinal hole.
The integration of positioning in the pre-operative
assessment in the Vitreo-retinal clinic with the Vitreo-retinal
Nurse Practitioner.
The commencement of Photodynamic Therapy for the
treatment of specific types of age related macular
degeneration.
The purchase of five new phacoemulsification machines for
cataract surgery.
The Local Anaesthetic Nurse Practitioner role based in
theatre has gained worldwide recognition and the current
postholder has been invited to speak at National and
International conferences.
● Clinical pharmacy; delivering pharmaceutical care for patients
and supporting clinicians in rational prescribing. Provided to
most areas through a team of Directorate and Clinical
pharmacists.
● Medicines Management activities are involved in developing
and maintaining the Medicines Formulary, policies and
guidelines and in the managed introduction of new
medicines both within the Trust and across Manchester.
● Aseptic dispensing services support safe use of parenteral
medicines in neonatal intensive care, parenteral nutrition and
the provision of cytotoxic chemotherapy.
● Medicines Information services respond to medicines queries
from Trust and primary care clinical staff and the general
public.
● Medicines procurement - dispensing and distribution.
● Training, Education and Research in association with local
Universities.
New Services/Service Reviews:
● Development of Medicines Formulary.
● Improved service to Critical Care and the High Dependency
Unit.
● Improved service to A&E and the Medical Assessment Unit.
● Review of chemotherapy services to Clinical Haematology.
● Review of Medicines Information services.
● Review of dispensing services including use of automation.
● Development of patient-centred pharmacy services.
NHS Plan/Modernisation Agenda
The NHS Plan and The National NHS Plan for Pharmacy identify a
challenging agenda for hospital pharmacy - work has started on
the following key areas:
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