The future of our trust
Patient Benefits
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Investing in our hospitals - summary and patient benefits
Major emergency hospital
- New purpose built Emergency Department (ED) that is 3 x as large as existing departments
- Combined workforce means there will be Consultant presence in ED for more hours of the day than there is currently.
- High quality decision making leading to reduced admissions and fewer unplanned returns to ED
- All services offering emergency care will be on site with ED, so there will be no transfers of patients between hospitals for appropriate care. For example, currently any patient with a hip fracture attending Bournemouth ED, needs to be transferred to Poole for specialist care.
- Shorter time to appropriate treatment
- Improved patient outcomes
- Acute ambulatory care and assessment floor co-located near to ED to support emergency care
Major Planned care hospital
- Focus on elective low risk surgery
- Improved theatre environment, construction of new theatre block to start October 2020
- Fewer cancellations of operations as no emergency interruptions
- Shorter time to treatment – estimated 6000 patients per year will have their waiting time reduced.
- Better patient experience
- Urgent treatment centre (UTC) open 24/7 to take non-life threatening urgent conditions such as fractures, cuts, abdominal pain and scalds/burns.
- The UTC will treat approximately 50,000 to 60,000 patients per year for non-life threatening conditions
Cardiology
- No transfers of patients between sites leading to shorter time to treatment and reduced stay in hospital.
- All patients will have access to out of hours consultant cover and sub-specialist services
- Improved access to relevant diagnosis and treatment 7 days a week
- 7 day in-reach into ED and Ambulatory Medical Unit (AMU) to review all cardiology patients attending these areas
- Improved outcomes and shorter stays in hospital
Maternity
- New purpose built premises for ante-natal, birth and post-natal care.
- Major improvement in facilities, especially for women with disabilities and mental health problems.
- Suitable accommodation for partners
- Better patient experience
- Ante natal care and birth on the emergency site
- No transfers between hospitals for complex patients or complications/emergencies therefore reduced risk of deterioration and no delays in access to appropriate care.
Children's services
- New purpose built premises for children in patient ward
- On emergency site close to ED and all services offering emergency care
- Focus on improving children's facilities for diagnostics, out-patient clinics and treatment
General Surgery
- All patients will have access to relevant services depending on need
- No transfer of emergency patients between sites
- Quicker access to treatment
- Improved patient flow by concentrating planned activity at the planned care site
- Improved access to full range of surgical expertise and specialist expertise.
Haematology
- Combining of clinical teams will lead to greater specialisation of the clinical workforce and improved out of hours cover.
- Improved access to clinical trials in merged organisation
- Earlier access to drugs as part of a trial that are not yet in general use, which can in some cases significantly expend life expectancy
Oncology
- Co-location of haematology and oncology wards on the emergency site, with close access to critical care and emergency care
- Improved facility for acute oncology services close to the wards
- Out-patient chemotherapy to continue on both sites, with a view to moving more services into community hospitals in the future to improve access to care and bring care closer to home.
Gastroenterology
- Combining of clinical teams will mean a 7 day service is possible at the emergency site.
- Improved planned care patient flow, leading to shorter times to treatment
- Improved sub-specialisation of clinicians leading to faster diagnosis
- Improved access to endoscopy
