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

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The service is currently undergoing major changes resulting
from the Greater Manchester Renal Project and the merger
with the Renal Unit at Withington Hospital. The merger will
involve the opening of a new dialysis unit at Wythenshawe
Hospital and all other renal services transferring to
Manchester Royal Infirmary. This will result in the opening of a
third renal medicine ward, the doubling of facilities for home
dialysis training, the transfer of two consultant Nephrologists
and two renal Senior House Officers, as well as a large
number of nursing and administrative staff. The whole service
will be staffed and managed from MRI.
During 2000/01 Ward 23 was refurbished to allow patients
with acute renal failure to be treated in a high dependency
area. The existing renal dialysis unit, laboratories and
administrative offices are scheduled for demolition,
commencing January 2003, to clear the site for construction
of a new Children’s Hospital. Plans for a new facility are
complete, with the intention of it being in use by dialysis
patients and staff in December 2002.
The Greater Manchester Renal Project recommended the
creation of a Renal Managed Clinical Network, with
Manchester Royal Infirmary as the centre, to bring together
the renal services at the South Manchester, Tameside,
Stockport, North Manchester and Macclesfield Trusts.
The Network started work during the year and has begun
to develop the renal services as a whole rather than as
individual units.
Staff development has always been a cornerstone of the unit
and this year has again proved to be very successful for our
staff with a number obtaining first and post-graduate degrees
and NVQ qualifications.
In September 2000, Professor Sir Netar Mallick retired from
the unit. Having worked in Manchester since 1967, Professor
Mallick has been a source of inspiration for the staff and
patients. We wish him a long and happy retirement.
Clinical Director: Dr M Maresh
Acting Directorate Manager: Mr A Hughes
Budget: £23 million
Staff: 755
Founded over 200 years ago, Saint Mary’s Hospital provides a
unique range of inter-related services for women and children.
Key services within the directorate include Obstetrics,
Gynaecology, Clinical Genetics, Neonatal Medicine, Neonatal
Surgery, General Paediatrics (Medical & Surgical),
Radiology/Ultrasound and a Sexual Assault Referral Centre.
Saint Mary’s Hospital was exposed to close scrutiny from the
general public, politicians, religious bodies, legal & ethical bodies
and several patient interest groups following the birth
and eventual separation of the conjoined twins from Malta
(Jodie & Mary). The directorate was the focus of world-wide
press & media attention for many months. This national and
international attention has continued to the present day.
The directorate received a visit from the Duchess of York in
October 2000 who was invited to formally launch the Tommy’s
Campaign to establish a new Chair in Maternal and Fetal Health
in Manchester.
Saint Mary’s Hospital, together with the Christie Hospital, carried
out a world-first, pioneering fertility operation which will bring
hope to women suffering from cancer throughout the world.
Surgeons at Saint Mary’s successfully grafted back sections of
ovarian tissue (previously removed and frozen from a patient
receiving chemotherapy treatment for lymphoma) which
functioned normally for two months following re-implantation.
New Services Introduced/Service reviews
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Establishment of the Whitworth Clinic – a ‘one-stop’
unplanned pregnancy service for women within the city of
Manchester.
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The Gynaecology Unit was successful in attracting funding
under the Cancer Services Collaborative (Phase II
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