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Behovet<\/h3>\n

Vid Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust<\/a>, hade en betydande eftersl\u00e4pning av patienter som beh\u00f6ver operation f\u00f6r gr\u00e5 starr p\u00e5skyndats av covid-19-pandemin. Nationellt m\u00f6ter m\u00e5nga patienter v\u00e4ntetider \u00f6ver ett \u00e5r och efterfr\u00e5gan f\u00f6rutsp\u00e5s \u00f6ka med 50% under de kommande 20 \u00e5ren. The Trust at Newcastle tillhandah\u00e5ller katarakttj\u00e4nster till stora delar av nord\u00f6stra England och letade efter en l\u00f6sning som kunde hj\u00e4lpa till att \u00f6ka antalet ingrepp de kunde utf\u00f6ra och f\u00f6rb\u00e4ttra kvaliteten p\u00e5 patientupplevelsen.<\/p>\n

Planen<\/h3>\n

Tillsammans med Vanguard Healthcare Solutions unders\u00f6kte Trust m\u00e5nga alternativ innan de valde en modul\u00e4r design f\u00f6r sitt nya kataraktcenter. Planen var att bygga ett komplex som skulle omfatta tre procedurrum och som skulle placeras vid Campus for Aging and Vitality-platsen. Planen var att anv\u00e4nda ett omr\u00e5de av Trustens egendom som tidigare varit platsen f\u00f6r en byggnad som hade g\u00e5tt ur bruk och rivits.<\/p>\n

Planen var att designa ett komplex som f\u00f6rb\u00e4ttrade patientfl\u00f6det. Detta inkluderade utvecklingen av ett enkelriktat system f\u00f6r patienter som gjorde deras resa s\u00e5 smidig som m\u00f6jligt.<\/p>\n

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Vanguard-l\u00f6sningen<\/h3>\n

Vanguard arbetade tillsammans med klinisk och annan Trust-personal som var djupt involverad i designprocessen som inkluderade veckom\u00f6ten f\u00f6r att s\u00e4kerst\u00e4lla att utrymmet var optimalt f\u00f6r deras specifika syfte.<\/p>\n

Denna samarbets\u00f6vning s\u00e5g till skapandet av en\u00a0komplex med tre teatrar<\/a>\u00a0som designades f\u00f6r att utf\u00f6ra upp till 1 000 gr\u00e5starrsingrepp i m\u00e5naden. Vid sidan av de tre teatrarna finns ocks\u00e5 tv\u00e5 personalens v\u00e4lbefinnande f\u00f6r att underl\u00e4tta social distansering, samt f\u00f6rr\u00e5d och grovk\u00f6k.<\/p>\n

Designarbetet p\u00e5b\u00f6rjades i oktober 2020 och installationen startade i b\u00f6rjan av december 2020. Newcastle Westgate Cataract Center \u00f6ppnade officiellt den 6 april 2021, en total handl\u00e4ggningstid p\u00e5 7\u20138 m\u00e5nader fr\u00e5n id\u00e9 till \u00f6ppnandet av en anl\u00e4ggning med tre teatrar i drift. Processen f\u00f6rsenades n\u00e5got av den tredje l\u00e5sningen och jullovet. Anl\u00e4ggningen installerades p\u00e5 bara 4 m\u00e5nader, en mycket kortare tid \u00e4n vad som f\u00f6rv\u00e4ntas f\u00f6r en traditionell byggnad.<\/p>\n

Byggnadens design och patientfl\u00f6de var nyckeln. Patienterna f\u00f6rbed\u00f6ms innan de bokas f\u00f6r ingreppet, och de som anses ha h\u00f6gre risk behandlas i huvudsjukhuset.<\/p>\n

Patienterna g\u00e5r in i centret p\u00e5 s\u00f6dra sidan av byggnaden till ett mottagningsrum, checkas in av en utsedd sjuksk\u00f6terska som stannar hos dem under hela resan, g\u00e5r sedan genom byggnaden till ett konsultrum innan de f\u00f6rs till operationssalen f\u00f6r sin operation . De f\u00f6rs sedan till ett uppvakningsrum, informerade om efterv\u00e5rd av sjuksk\u00f6terskan, innan de l\u00e4mnar genom byggnadens norra sida till det designade upph\u00e4mtningsomr\u00e5det utanf\u00f6r.<\/p>\n

Resultatet<\/h3>\n

Det f\u00f6rb\u00e4ttrade patientfl\u00f6det har gjort att den genomsnittliga tiden som spenderas i anl\u00e4ggningen minskat fr\u00e5n 3\u20134 timmar till mellan 45 minuter och 1 timme. Enheten utf\u00f6r upp till 1000 gr\u00e5starrsingrepp per m\u00e5nad. Trust har f\u00e5tt en stor m\u00e4ngd positiv feedback fr\u00e5n patienter och deras familjer samt personal som arbetar i byggnaden. En av matronerna som hade varit involverad under hela projektet framh\u00f6ll att hon hade sett personalen "blomstra" i den nya byggnaden.<\/p>\n

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Projektstatistik<\/h2>\n
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1,000<\/h2>\n
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kataraktingrepp som utf\u00f6rs per m\u00e5nad<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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8<\/h2>\n
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m\u00e5nads handl\u00e4ggningstid (fr\u00e5n id\u00e9 till \u00f6ppning)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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3<\/h2>\n
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operationssalar<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Sedan installationen har anl\u00e4ggningen sett den genomsnittliga tiden som spenderas i anl\u00e4ggningen minska fr\u00e5n 3-4 timmar till mellan 45 minuter och en timme.<\/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":"\nNewcastle 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\/sv_se\/case-study\/the-newcastle-westgate-cataract-centre-newcastle-upon-tyne-hospitals-nhs-foundation-trust\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"sv_SE\" \/>\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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