EMERGENCY patients should be treated more quickly in future due
to a major initiative launched at The Royal Oldham Hospital.
Speeding up treatment for emergency patients, not just at Oldham
but across all the Pennine Acute Hospitals which include Bury,
North Manchester and Rochdale, is the aim.
Teams of staff are working with the whole health community,
including the local primary care trusts, to bring about major
improvements.
The scheme is called the Emergency Services Collaborative, a
national programme focusing on reducing waiting times and
preventing delays for patients going through Accident and Emergency
departments.
The idea is that the teams pool their expertise and skills of
everyone involved in emergency care across the region and also form
part of the national collaborative, to share good practice.
Neil Clark, modernisation programme manager for Pennine Acute
Hospitals NHS Trust, explained: "The project is set to run until
summer next year and has the full commitment of everyone.
"This is great news for patients in the Pennine area as it will
strengthen the working partnerships and improve the whole emergency
care journey, from attending A&E to being discharged and cared
for in the local community."
Nearly 400 staff, from specialist nurse consultants to porters, are
actively involved in leading, assisting and contributing to the
redesign and modernisation of emergency services.
Hospital aiming for major improvements
July 10, 2003
