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February 2015
Issue 11
Services transfer to Gateshead ECC A range of hospital services from across QE Gateshead have moved into the new £32m Emer-gency Care Centre which is now open to the public.
Services including A&E, the Emer-gency Assessment Unit (EAU), the walk-in centre, Paediatrics, ambulatory care and the short stay unit have now all fully trans-ferred into the new building.
The building also includes a new main entrance for the QE with all visitors and patients coming into the hospital through the new atrium in the Emergency Care Centre building.
The fantastic new unit brings state-of-the-art healthcare services to people across Gateshead and the bright, modern building includes single occupancy rooms with en suite bathrooms for all patients in the short stay wards.
The new Emergency Care Centre building not only has a unique design and facilities, but it completely changes the way patients are cared for during an emergency by bringing together a wide range of services.
A new road entrance with a dedicated area for emergency vehicles is currently being installed, changing the flow of traffic through the site. Vehicles now access the site using a new road entrance in front of the new building (just past the existing junction which is now closed off).
You can find more information including videos and pictures on our website by visiting: www.qegateshead.nhs.uk/emergencycarecentre
For enquiries about the ECC please contact Darren Makepeace on 0191 4453838 [email protected] or the ECC switchboard on 0191 445 2171.
Hello from QE Maternity At QE Maternity, we are committed to delivering the very best of care to families
We are proud to say that QE Gateshead is the only hospital in the North East to yet again win and retain the top rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC). This means that my highly skilled, caring team of midwives can offer women and their families the reassurance of knowing they are at the safest place in the North East to have their baby. While safety is of the utmost importance, patients have a lot to consider when reviewing their maternity choices and can often feel overwhelmed by all of the information available. Here is a useful breakdown of the services and care we offer:
One to one midwifery care in labour Kind and compassionate staff Free parking during labour Birthing partners can stay overnight Modern birth environment
There is also the option of a birthing pool and equipment for active births (mats, birthing balls and a febromed available) because our full range of facilities can be personalised to the individual. We have a high rate of normal births, but obstetricians and anesthetists can attend the birth if needed – right at their bedside, without the need to move patients elsewhere while in labour. Support and guid-ance for patients is provided at all stages of pregnancy, birth and the early postnatal period. Our facilities include:
Pregnancy Assessment Centre Education Room Six private, en suite and modern delivery rooms 15 postnatal beds (including en suite single rooms where birthing partners can stay too, ) Jungle Room – space for toddlers and other children to play while visiting postnatal
If patients would like to find out more, they can visit our website at www.qegateshead.nhs.uk/maternity. Alternatively, they could call us for a chat or tour of our unit, by calling maternity reception on 0191 445 2763
Joanne Crawford, Modern Matron, QE Maternity
Staffing update Professor Deiary Kader, who many of you will know, left Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust on the 31st January, after more than 9 years of service . As you are aware, Deiary has been instrumental in many of the service improve-ments and developments across the department, as well as developing his own ex-pertise in soft tissue knee surgery. Interim arrangements are in place for Professor Kader ‘s work to be distributed amongst consultant col-leagues and plans are in place to replace him on a permanent basis. I am sure we would all like to thank Professor Kader for his very valuable contribution to the Orthopaedic service during this time, he will be a big loss to the Trust and we would wish him every suc-cess for the future.
QE Gateshead Charitable Funds
Did you know the QE hospital has its own charity? QE Gateshead Charitable Funds has existed for a number of years and is now developing its presence across the hospital and within the local community. It exists to support individual wards and depart-ments to purchase equipment which will improve the patient experience as well as fund staff training (above mandatory training requirements) and support research and development within the hospital. The charity has more than 100 funds and a programme of activity has been launched to spend money and attract more fundraising. Recent purchases include a £50k theatre stack which delivers higher numbers of laproscopic surgery particularly in gynae oncology, improving the patient experience by reducing levels of invasive surgery as well as £20k on equipment and facilities to provide a better environment on our medical admissions unit. Fundraisers tend to come from our local community and tell us they want to give something back as a thank you for the care that they or their loved ones have received. Our most popular funds are the St Bede’s palliative care unit, critical care, special care baby unit, cancer services and cardiology. We are also humbled to receive many donations given through a funeral collection. A team of 12 people will be completing this year’s Great North Run raising money for a number of good causes throughout the hos-pital. If you would like to help support the QE, please get in touch by contacting Lucia Hiden, Charitable Funds Manager on 0191 445 6451, email [email protected] or visit our website www.qegatesheadcharitablefunds.org.uk
Clear on cancer - oesophageal/stomach
Last month the NHS launched another one of their very successful Be Clear on Cancer campaigns, this time
focusing on oesophegal and stomach cancer.
To find out more or watch the very striking television adverts you can click here.
The Sims come to Gateshead
The QE is expanding its training capabilities with the addition of a new state-of
-the-art wireless simulation dummy, providing the most realistic medical train-
ing experiences.
SimMan 3G, is providing ‘real life’ medical scenarios for training staff, including
off-site scenarios, like car crashes, thanks to its wireless technology.
The SimMan 3G provides such a realistic experience for healthcare staff be-
cause of a range of features that aren’t on standard simulations dummies.
They include SimMan 3G having a heartbeat and measurable blood pressure
and even responding to trainee actions.
SimMan 3G displays neurological symptoms as well as physical symptoms,
with eyes that open, close and respond to light as well as the ability to re-
spond verbally – the instructor will send these to the dummy wirelessly. As
well as this, the SimMan 3G can bleed, cry and sweat and it automatically rec-
ognises and responds to different drugs.
Jason Crawford, clinical educator and business development lead at QE Gateshead said: Simulation training is
one of the best ways to transfer skills learned in the classroom to the real life clinical environment. Simulations
like these provide a practical understanding of the treatment pathway and expose training staff to the pres-
sures of the working environment, like collaborating with other medical disciplines, while providing a lower-
stake learning environment where it is safe to make mistakes.”
Read more…..
Recruitment drive helping medical trainees discover the North East
A new website called ‘Find your place’ has been launched
by NHS Trusts across the North East and Cumbria to help
attract more medical trainees into the region.
QE Gateshead has been working closely with other NHS or-
ganisations to help launch the site which provides a wide
range of information about living and working in the region.
You can access the website by visiting:
www.nhsfindyourplace.co.uk
Healthcare working together Last year a group of health and care professionals held an engagement event called Integrating Care-
The Gateshead Way, to look at the challenges and opportunities facing us.
The event exceeded all expectations with almost 100 people from a variety of backgrounds coming
along including the public, health, social care and voluntary sectors.
As a group Gateshead Community Based Care (CBC), QE Gateshead and Gateshead Council are now
working in partnership to achieve improvements in care provision. To help make this approach work
we’ve set up a new governance structure that has a Project Board, a Project Team and individual areas
of priority work.
Our overriding aim is to ensure that the views of the local community and providers of these services
are heard and can influence any plans for change. We will be holding future events and really hope that
you will continue to be involved in our plans to improve the way we deliver services and work together
in Gateshead.
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