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A Guide to our Care Groups We provide hospitals and community services to our 365,000 residents and the 16 million visitors who come to the Morecambe Bay area on holiday each year. Traditionally the Trust managed hospital services but in April this year 400 staff providing community services in southern Cumbria joined the Trust from Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, and on October 1st they were joined by 200 staff providing community services in north Lancashire, who were formerly employed by Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. In the following pages you can find out more about what our clinical services do, the services they provide and the numbers that tell their story. No of residents we provide hospitals and community services to 365,000 MEDICINE Care Group 4 CRITICAL CARE AND SURGERY Care Group 6 WOMEN AND CHILDREN S Care Group 8 CORE CLINICAL SERVICES Care Group 10 INTEGRATED COMMUNITY Care Group 12 2 3
Medicine Care Group 40% of all patients arriving in our Emergency Department are triaged within 15 minutes. OPEN We opened the Trust s Diabetes Centre in 2017 dedicated to providing specialist outpatient services for people living with Diabetes in North Lancashire area whilst supporting the education of staff and patients on self-care. 35% Reduction in agency spends compared to previous years for recruitment of Medical Staff. We look after the following services: Oncology Endoscopy Clinical Investigations Diabetes & Endocrinology Dermatology Rheumatology We operate the following wards and areas: Royal Lancaster Infirmary Emergency Department Acute Medical Unit Ambulatory Care Unit Acute Frailty Unit Huggett Suite (Acute Stroke Unit) Ward 37 (Respiratory Inpatients) Lancaster Suite (Mixed Medical Inpatients) CCU Coronary Care Unit (Cardiac Inpatients) Ward 20 (Medical Inpatients). Ward 22 (Dementia Inpatients) Ward 23 (Stroke Rehab Inpatients) Endoscopy Unit Gastroenterology Cardiology Electro Encephalography Neurology Nephrology (kidneys) Haematology Furness General Hospital Emergency Department Acute Medical Unit Ambulatory Care Unit Coronary Care Unit Ward 6 Ward 7 Ward 9 Westmorland General Hospital Primary Care Assessment Service (urgent treatment centre) Endoscopy Dunmail Cardiac Centre 4 5
Critical Care & Surgery Care Group 25-30,000 No of surgical procedures carried out annually. 68% of surgical beds were saved thanks to a series of improvements in ambulatory care and the expansion of the Surgical Emergency Ambulatory Care Unit at the Royal Lancaster Infirmary and Furness General Hospital. This means that a huge number of unnecessary patient admissions were avoided. In the last12 months the Care Group has also improved recruitment, and continues to work to address staffing levels especially in Anaesthetics, Theatres, Nursing and Breast services. We look after the following services: Anesthetics Critical Care Pain management Breast Services Maxillofacial / Oral surgery Orthodontics / Restorative Dentistry Urology We operate the following wards and areas: Royal Lancaster Infirmary Acute Surgical Unit (ASU) Surgical Emergency Ambulatory Care (SEAC) Ward 33 Ward 34 Ward 35 Ward 36 Intensive Care Unit (ITU) Ophthalmology Outpatients Day Care Unit (DCU) Admissions Lounge Theatres Furness General Hospital Ward 2 Ward 4 Ward 5 Ear Nose and Throat surgery Audiology and Orthoptics service General Surgery including Colorectal Ophthalmology Trauma and Orthopaedics Surgical Emergency Ambulatory Care (SEAC) Patient Progression Unit (PPU) Intensive Care Unit (ITU) Elective Orthopaedic Unit (EOU) Day Care Unit (DCU) Ophthalmology Outpatients Theatres Westmorland General Hospital Day Care Unit (U) Ward 6 Ward 7 Ward 2 Ophthalmology outpatients Macular Unit Theatres Westmorland Surgical Centre (WSC) 6 7
Women & Children s Care Group 2,796 No of births across the area last year. OPEN MATERNITY MATTERS AT MORECAMBE BAY We opened the South Lakes Birth Centre at Furness General Hospital 19,000 women Almost the number of women seen in the gynaecology service last year We look after the following services: Paediatric hospital and community services Gynaecology Maternity hospital and community services Breastfeeding support We operate the following wards and areas: Royal Lancaster Infirmary Paediatric short-stay assessment unit Paediatric wards Paediatric outpatient unit Gynaecology inpatient and outpatient areas Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit Gynaecology Assesment Unit Colposcopy Hysteroscopy Ante-natal, Maternity and post natal services Furness General Hospital Paediatric short-stay assessment unit Paediatric wards Paediatric outpatient unit Gynaecology inpatient and outpatient areas Early Pregnancy Assessment Unit Gynaecology Assesment Unit Colposcopy Hysteroscopy Ante-natal, Maternity and post natal services Westmorland General Hospital Paediatric outpatient Colposcopy Maternity services and more than 10,000 children in our paediatric service across our sites. We operate community paediatric neurodevelopmental services from the following bases: Longlands Child Development Centre Ryelands House Ashton Road Community Care Centre Heysham Primary Care Centre We operate community midwifery from the following bases: Salt Ayre Leisure Centre GP Practices 8 9
Core Clinical Services Care Group 8.9million Approx. no of tests perormed by Pathology every year. 8,000 No of pieces of equipment our Medical Engineers maintain every year which are vital to patient care 300,000+ No of scans and images created by our Imaging Services every year. 65,000+ No of appointments booked with our Therapy Departments last year. We look after the following services: Radiology Imaging Services including X Ray, CT, MRI, Ultrasound, Nuclear Medicine and Breast Screening Pathology Services including Biochemistry, Histopathology, Haematology, Microbiology, Blood Sciences and Mortuary Pharmacy Services Medical Engineering Service We operate the following wards and areas: Royal Lancaster Infirmary Westmorland General Hospital Furness General Hospital Queen Victoria Hospital Ulverston Health Centre Millom Hospital Outpatient Services Physiotherapy Occupational Therapy Dietetics and Nutrition Patient Access Management (Including Appointment Booking, Outpatient Department, Reception and Medical Records) 10 11
Integrated Community Care Group Currently our Integrated Community Care Group deliver more than 15 distinct health and proactive preventative care services to people in their own homes, local communities and into the local bed base across South Cumbria and North Lancashire. From October 1 the care group will welcome more than 200 additional staff who operate community services in North Lancashire. We look after the following services: Heart Failure / Cardiac Rehabilitation ICC Core Teams (Care Navigation and Case Management) Community Respiratory Pulmonary Rehabilitation Community Hospitals Continence District Nursing Integrated Rapid Response teams Community physiotherapy Podiatry Adult Speech/Language Therapy Service (SLT) Tissue viability Specialist Palliative care in the acute and community hospitals Palliative care into the community including End Of Life Care Diabetes care both in and out of hospital We operate in the following areas: Abbey Road Clinic Barrow in Furness Fairfield Lane Barrow in Furness 102 Dalton Lane Barrow in Furness Dalton Clinic, Dalton in Furness Ulverston Health CentreGrange Health Centre Millom Community Hospital Abbey View Community Hospital Barrow Langdale Community Hospital Kendal In reach services to Royal Lancaster Infirmary Waterloo Practice Millom Windermere & Ambleside District Nurses Blackhall Unit Kendal Weavers Court Kendal In reach services to Westmorland General Hospital Kendal District Nursing MIlnthorpe District Nursing Sedbergh DN Team Lunsdale Medical Practice Primary Care Assessment Centre Kendal In reach services under contract to Lancashire Teaching hospitals (SLT) 12 13
Integrated Community Care Group 11 No of Integrated Care Communities (ICC s) Bay Wide made up from teams of health and social care professionals who provide proactive preventative care, through care planning to improve the health and well-being of our citizens whilst supporting sustainability in the health economy. Holistic assessments Through the ICCs the integrated teams work directly with their communities mobilised for health and wellbeing to ensure safe services are delivered by the right person with the right skills. Holistic assessments are undertaken to identify and work through issues that may decrease the patient s ability to self care. The teams will support a persons independence and the ability for our citizens to remain at home. The District Nursing Service Specialises in the complex management of patients in the community. Each team is led by a district nursing sister/charge nurse who is responsible for leadership, assurance of standards of care delivery, maintaining patient safety and effective relationships with general practices, secondary care providers, social care and other local care providers. The range of clinical need and care is wide and varied and becoming more complex due to the acuity and dependency of patients. The core purpose of the District Nursing service is to support people to maximise their health and well-being in their own home and to avoid hospital admissions when it is safe to do so. 60,000 No of face to face contacts our District Nurses make per year across South Cumbria. 14 15