Health Matters - London Bridge Hospital

IntroductionA message from the CEOWelcome to the winter edition of Health Matters Magazine, our opportunity to present articles fromour Consultants at London Bridge Hospital and connect with you in terms of the services that we offerto support you and your patients.The fi rst thing that I would like to mention is the GP education programme which is going from strengthto strength, with good attendances at both our Saturday and Thursday evening GP seminar sessions.Our Saturday events in particular have proved immensely popular with over 180 attendees at ourDermatology Seminar in September 2010.Your feedback has specifi cally highlighted the expertise of our speakers, interesting topics and relevanceto primary care as the main reasons for attending. Our Practice Manager Forums are also provingsuccessful with the opportunity to network with fellow colleagues. We are also excited to be introducingpersonalised hospital tours which will be available upon request and will be tailored to the GP’s interests.Our GP Liaison Team is always available to help with any specifi c educational requirements and will behappy to hear from you.There may be many services at the hospital that you are not aware of. For instance, the Dialysis Unitat London Bridge Hospital has been providing quality Dialysis to both NHS and holiday patients forover 20 years. Our Dialysis Consultant has a worldwide reputation and our recently refurbished unitoffers patients high quality care within easy reach of the City.These and many other services have stood the test of time. The key selling point for London BridgeHospital is the quality of its Consultants. We are located very close to some very eminent teaching HospitalTrusts and I am delighted to say we are able to apply the same strict level of clinical governance and auditwhich you might expect to fi nd in a postgraduate medical facility. This environment allows our specialiststo feel comfortable that their standards are not in any way compromised and that they can develop theirpractices in partnership with us.The quality of our relationship with you and that of our referring GPs allow us to respond quickly tofeedback in order to meet your requirements and this is reflected in the membership of our MedicalAdvisory Committee, which includes two GPs. Myself and all our staff, including Ward Managers and GPLiaison Teams have ample time and opportunity to spend with our referrers to understand their needsso that we can deliver better quality services for our patients.I wish to thank you very much indeed for your continuing involvementin the hospital, for the feedback you provide us and for the opportunityto care for your patients. I hope very much that you will continue tovisit the hospital, attend our events and to regard us as partners in yourpatient’s care. Please continue to feedback to me and to the GP LiaisonTeam wherever you see an opportunity for us to extend our partnershipwith you or indeed to improve what we offer. Please enjoy this magazineand thank you as always.With kind regards and best wishes.Yours sincerelyJohn ReayChief Executive OfficerJohn ReayChief Executive OfficerTWOIntroduction