4th January 2011 - 24/7 PPCI
Derby Hospitals has extended its cardiology services to provide primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PPCI) 24 hours a day after being selected by the East Midlands Stroke and Cardiac Network to deliver this new national standard of care. Derby’s new out-of-hours consultant-based cardiology rota will ensure that patients requiring urgent cardiology assessment and treatment have prompt access leading to better outcomes. Primary angioplasty is known to have better short-term survival rates than traditional thrombolytic treatment. The provision of 24/7 PPCI will enable us to save money and save lives by removing a step from the patient pathway, making the quality of care patients receive more efficient and effective.
For further information please contact Dr Alastair McCance, clinical director for cardiology E-mail: alastair.mccance@derbyhospitals.nhs.uk
1st December 2010 - New Clinical Navigation Service Tel: 01332 789099
Providing GPs with immediate access to clinical advice, to discuss assessment or admission for patients ensuring GPs are able to access the right support at the right time to aid their decisionmaking for those borderline patients who may or may not need acute admission. This means as a health community we are now better placed to reduce those admissions that come about purely as a result of no real alternative. Treating patients in the right place at the right time will lead to better care and better value. It will also ensure that acute services are available for those in greatest need.
1st October 2010 - New Integrated Respiratory Service
The community (AIR Team) and acute trust respiratory nursing team have joined together to form a new integrated respiratory service cross southern Derbyshire. The new Adult Respiratory Team (ART) is managed by Derby Hospitals. It will continue to provide existing services including diagnosis, complex case management, home oxygen services and respiratory physiotherapy and in addition will be able to provide an extended COPD Early Supported Discharge Scheme (ESD) at the Royal Derby Hospital.
For further information please contact Dr Will Elston, consultant respiratory physician E-mail: will.elston@derbyhospitals.nhs.uk
1st September 2010 - New Integrated Diabetes Service in Derby City
A new integrated diabetes service was commissioned by NHS Derby City for local patients. The service is provided by InterCare Health, an innovative partnership between three local GPs and Derby Hospitals. InterCare Health has been established to provide local integrated services for patients throughout Derby with particular focus on long term conditions. The service brings together hospital specialists, dieticians, diabetes specialist nurses, GPs with a special interest in diabetes, and podiatrists to harness the expertise of primary care and secondary care staff to deliver a comprehensive patient centred model of care.
For further information, please contact Dr Mark Browne E-mail: mark.browne@nhs.net or Dr Garry Tan E-mail: garry.tan@nottingham.ac.uk
