{"id":114,"date":"2023-01-30T09:44:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T09:44:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vanguardlifesciences.co.uk\/?post_type=case-study&#038;p=114"},"modified":"2026-03-09T10:23:38","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T10:23:38","slug":"the-newcastle-westgate-cataract-centre-newcastle-upon-tyne-hospitals-nhs-foundation-trust","status":"publish","type":"case-study","link":"https:\/\/www.vanguardlifesciences.co.uk\/es_es\/case-study\/the-newcastle-westgate-cataract-centre-newcastle-upon-tyne-hospitals-nhs-foundation-trust\/","title":{"rendered":"Centro de cataratas Newcastle Westgate, NHS Foundations Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">La necesidad<\/h3>\n<p>En el&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newcastle-hospitals.nhs.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Fideicomiso de la Fundaci\u00f3n NHS de los hospitales de Newcastle upon Tyne<\/a>, la pandemia de COVID-19 hab\u00eda acelerado un importante retraso en el n\u00famero de pacientes que necesitaban cirug\u00eda de cataratas. A nivel nacional, muchos pacientes enfrentan tiempos de espera de m\u00e1s de un a\u00f1o y se prev\u00e9 que la demanda aumentar\u00e1 en 50% en los pr\u00f3ximos 20 a\u00f1os. The Trust at Newcastle brinda servicios de cataratas en gran parte del noreste de Inglaterra y buscaba una soluci\u00f3n que pudiera ayudar a aumentar la cantidad de procedimientos que pod\u00edan realizar y mejorar la calidad de la experiencia del paciente.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">El plan<\/h3>\n<p>Trabajando junto con Vanguard Healthcare Solutions, Trust explor\u00f3 muchas opciones antes de optar por un dise\u00f1o modular para su nuevo centro de cataratas. El plan era construir un complejo que incluir\u00eda tres salas de procedimientos y que estar\u00eda ubicado en el sitio del Campus for Aging and Vitality. El plan era utilizar un \u00e1rea de la propiedad del Trust que anteriormente hab\u00eda sido la ubicaci\u00f3n de un edificio que hab\u00eda ca\u00eddo en desuso y hab\u00eda sido demolido.<\/p>\n<p>El plan era dise\u00f1ar un complejo que mejorara el flujo de pacientes. Esto incluy\u00f3 el desarrollo de un sistema unidireccional para los pacientes, haciendo que su viaje sea lo m\u00e1s sencillo posible.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardlifesciences.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/01\/Newcastle-modular-theatres-7-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-753\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardlifesciences.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/01\/Newcastle-modular-theatres-7-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.vanguardlifesciences.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/01\/Newcastle-modular-theatres-7-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.vanguardlifesciences.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/01\/Newcastle-modular-theatres-7-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vanguardlifesciences.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/01\/Newcastle-modular-theatres-7-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.vanguardlifesciences.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2023\/01\/Newcastle-modular-theatres-7.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">La soluci\u00f3n Vanguard<\/h3>\n<p>Vanguard trabaj\u00f3 junto con el personal cl\u00ednico y otro personal de Trust que estuvieron profundamente involucrados en el proceso de dise\u00f1o, que incluy\u00f3 reuniones semanales para garantizar que el espacio fuera \u00f3ptimo para su prop\u00f3sito espec\u00edfico.<\/p>\n<p>Este ejercicio colaborativo vio la creaci\u00f3n de un\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardhealthcare.co.uk\/vanguard-works-with-newcastle-hospitals-to-create-regional-cataract-centre-to-transform-patient-care\/\">complejo de tres teatros<\/a>\u00a0que fue dise\u00f1ado para realizar hasta 1.000 procedimientos de cataratas al mes. Junto a las tres salas, tambi\u00e9n hay dos \u00e1reas de bienestar del personal para ayudar a facilitar el distanciamiento social, as\u00ed como cuartos de almacenamiento y servicios p\u00fablicos.<\/p>\n<p>El trabajo de dise\u00f1o comenz\u00f3 en octubre de 2020 y la instalaci\u00f3n comenz\u00f3 a principios de diciembre de 2020. El Centro de Cataratas Newcastle Westgate se inaugur\u00f3 oficialmente el 6 de abril de 2021, un tiempo total de entrega de 7 a 8 meses desde el concepto hasta la apertura de una instalaci\u00f3n operativa de tres salas. El proceso se retras\u00f3 ligeramente por el tercer confinamiento y las vacaciones de Navidad. La instalaci\u00f3n se instal\u00f3 en s\u00f3lo 4 meses, un tiempo mucho m\u00e1s corto de lo que se esperar\u00eda para un edificio tradicional.<\/p>\n<p>El dise\u00f1o y el flujo de pacientes del edificio fueron clave. Los pacientes son evaluados previamente antes de ser reservados para el procedimiento, y aquellos que se consideran de mayor riesgo reciben tratamiento en el edificio principal del hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Los pacientes ingresan al centro por el lado sur del edificio hasta una sala de recepci\u00f3n, son registrados por una enfermera designada que permanece con ellos durante todo el viaje y luego atraviesan el edificio hasta una sala de consulta antes de ser llevados al quir\u00f3fano para su procedimiento. . Luego son llevados a una sala de recuperaci\u00f3n, donde la enfermera les informa sobre los cuidados posteriores, antes de salir por el lado norte del edificio hacia el \u00e1rea de recogida dise\u00f1ada en el exterior.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">El resultado<\/h3>\n<p>La mejora del flujo de pacientes ha permitido que el tiempo promedio de permanencia en las instalaciones disminuya de 3 a 4 horas a entre 45 minutos y 1 hora. La unidad realiza hasta 1.000 procedimientos de cataratas al mes. The Trust ha recibido una gran cantidad de comentarios positivos de los pacientes y sus familias, as\u00ed como del personal que trabaja en el edificio. Una de las matronas que particip\u00f3 durante todo el proyecto destac\u00f3 que hab\u00eda visto al personal &quot;florecer&quot; en el nuevo edificio.<\/p>\n<section id=\"section-2-428\" class=\"ct-section\" >\n<div class=\"ct-section-inner-wrap\">\n<h2 id=\"headline-31-428\" class=\"ct-headline\">Estad\u00edsticas del proyecto<\/h2>\n<div id=\"new_columns-3-428\" class=\"ct-new-columns\" >\n<div id=\"div_block-4-428\" class=\"ct-div-block\" >\n<div id=\"div_block-17-428\" class=\"ct-div-block\" >\n<h2 id=\"headline-9-428\" class=\"ct-headline\">1,000<\/h2>\n<div id=\"_rich_text-10-428\" class=\"oxy-rich-text\" >\n<p>procedimientos de cataratas realizados por mes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"div_block-23-428\" class=\"ct-div-block\" >\n<div id=\"div_block-24-428\" class=\"ct-div-block\" >\n<h2 id=\"headline-25-428\" class=\"ct-headline\">8<\/h2>\n<div id=\"_rich_text-26-428\" class=\"oxy-rich-text\" >\n<p>Tiempo de respuesta de un mes (desde el concepto hasta la apertura)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"div_block-27-428\" class=\"ct-div-block\" >\n<div id=\"div_block-28-428\" class=\"ct-div-block\" >\n<h2 id=\"headline-29-428\" class=\"ct-headline\">3<\/h2>\n<div id=\"_rich_text-30-428\" class=\"oxy-rich-text\" >\n<p>Teatros operando<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El Centro de Cataratas Newcastle Westgate se ha instalado para abordar el importante retraso de pacientes que esperan una cirug\u00eda de cataratas de rutina. Desde su instalaci\u00f3n, el tiempo promedio de permanencia en las instalaciones ha disminuido de 3 a 4 horas a entre 45 minutos y una hora.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":752,"template":"","format":"standard","case-study-category":[],"case-study-topic":[94],"class_list":["post-114","case-study","type-case-study","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","case-study-topic-modular"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Newcastle Westgate Cataract Centre, NHS Foundations Trust - Vanguard Life Sciences<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardlifesciences.co.uk\/es_es\/case-study\/the-newcastle-westgate-cataract-centre-newcastle-upon-tyne-hospitals-nhs-foundation-trust\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_ES\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Newcastle Westgate Cataract Centre, NHS Foundations Trust - Vanguard Life Sciences\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Newcastle Westgate Cataract Centre has been installed to tackle the significant backlog in patients waiting for routine cataract surgery. 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