{"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\/nl_nl\/case-study\/the-newcastle-westgate-cataract-centre-newcastle-upon-tyne-hospitals-nhs-foundation-trust\/","title":{"rendered":"Newcastle Westgate Cataract Centre, NHS Foundations Trust"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">De behoefte<\/h3>\n<p>Bij de&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newcastle-hospitals.nhs.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Newcastle upon Tyne Ziekenhuizen NHS Foundation Trust<\/a>was een aanzienlijke achterstand bij het aantal pati\u00ebnten dat een staaroperatie nodig had, versneld door de COVID-19-pandemie. Op nationaal niveau worden veel pati\u00ebnten geconfronteerd met wachttijden van meer dan een jaar en de verwachting is dat de vraag de komende twintig jaar met 50% zal stijgen. De Trust in Newcastle levert cataractdiensten aan een groot deel van het noordoosten van Engeland en was op zoek naar een oplossing die zou kunnen helpen het aantal procedures dat ze konden uitvoeren te vergroten en de kwaliteit van de pati\u00ebntervaring te verbeteren.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Het plan<\/h3>\n<p>In samenwerking met Vanguard Healthcare Solutions heeft de Trust vele opties onderzocht alvorens te kiezen voor een modulair ontwerp voor haar nieuwe cataractcentrum. Het plan was om op de locatie Campus Aging and Vitality een complex te bouwen met drie behandelkamers. Het plan was om een deel van het landgoed van de Trust te gebruiken dat voorheen de locatie was geweest van een gebouw dat buiten gebruik was geraakt en gesloopt.<\/p>\n<p>Het plan was om een complex te ontwerpen dat de pati\u00ebntenstroom verbeterde. Dit omvatte onder meer de ontwikkeling van een eenrichtingssysteem voor pati\u00ebnten, waardoor hun reis zo soepel mogelijk verliep.<\/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\">De Vanguard-oplossing<\/h3>\n<p>Vanguard werkte samen met klinische en andere Trust-medewerkers die nauw betrokken waren bij het ontwerpproces, waaronder wekelijkse bijeenkomsten om ervoor te zorgen dat de ruimte optimaal was voor hun specifieke doel.<\/p>\n<p>Deze gezamenlijke oefening zag de creatie van een\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanguardhealthcare.co.uk\/vanguard-works-with-newcastle-hospitals-to-create-regional-cataract-centre-to-transform-patient-care\/\">drie theatercomplex<\/a>\u00a0die was ontworpen om tot 1.000 cataractprocedures per maand uit te voeren. Naast de drie theaters zijn er ook twee welzijnsruimtes voor het personeel om de sociale afstand te vergemakkelijken, evenals opslag- en bijkeukens.<\/p>\n<p>De ontwerpwerkzaamheden begonnen in oktober 2020 en de installatie begon begin december 2020. Het Newcastle Westgate Cataract Centre werd officieel geopend op 6 april 2021, een totale doorlooptijd van 7 tot 8 maanden vanaf het concept tot de opening van een operationele faciliteit met drie theaters. Het proces werd enigszins vertraagd door de derde lockdown en de kerstvakantie. De faciliteit werd in slechts vier maanden ge\u00efnstalleerd, een veel kortere tijd dan verwacht zou worden voor een traditioneel gebouw.<\/p>\n<p>Het ontwerp en de pati\u00ebntenstroom van het gebouw stonden centraal. Pati\u00ebnten worden vooraf beoordeeld voordat ze voor de procedure worden geboekt. Degenen die een hoger risico lopen, worden behandeld in het hoofdgebouw van het ziekenhuis.<\/p>\n<p>Pati\u00ebnten komen het centrum aan de zuidkant van het gebouw binnen, komen in een ontvangstruimte, worden ingecheckt door een aangewezen verpleegkundige die de hele reis bij hen blijft, gaan vervolgens door het gebouw naar een spreekkamer voordat ze naar de operatiekamer worden gebracht voor hun procedure . Vervolgens worden ze naar een verkoeverkamer gebracht, waar ze door de verpleegkundige worden ge\u00efnformeerd over de nazorg, voordat ze via de noordkant van het gebouw vertrekken naar de ontworpen ophaalplaats buiten.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">De uitkomst<\/h3>\n<p>Dankzij de verbeterde pati\u00ebntenstroom is de gemiddelde tijd die in de instelling wordt doorgebracht gedaald van 3 \u00e0 4 uur naar 45 minuten tot 1 uur. De eenheid voert tot 1000 cataractprocedures per maand uit. De Trust heeft veel positieve feedback ontvangen van pati\u00ebnten en hun families, evenals van het personeel dat in het gebouw werkt. Een van de matrones die bij het hele project betrokken was geweest, benadrukte dat ze het personeel in het nieuwe gebouw had zien &#039;opbloeien&#039;.<\/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\">Projectstatistieken<\/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>cataractprocedures uitgevoerd per maand<\/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>maand doorlooptijd (van concept tot opening)<\/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>operatiekamers<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Het Newcastle Westgate Cataract Centre is ge\u00efnstalleerd om de aanzienlijke achterstand aan te pakken bij pati\u00ebnten die wachten op een routinematige cataractoperatie. Sinds de installatie is de gemiddelde tijd die in de faciliteit wordt doorgebracht, afgenomen van 3-4 uur tot 45 minuten tot een uur.<\/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\/nl_nl\/case-study\/the-newcastle-westgate-cataract-centre-newcastle-upon-tyne-hospitals-nhs-foundation-trust\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"nl_NL\" \/>\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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