Winter pressures & 4-hour performance

Our hospitals have been on ‘black’ alert on two occasions in the last fortnight; such is the pressure on our emergency services.

NUH and the Notts health and social care system is already working with the Emergency Care Improvement Programme (ECIP) to implement the necessary system-wide changes required to bring a step-change to 4-hour performance. This includes more primary care clinicians working in our Emergency Department (ED), and all partners working to provide a range of out-of-hospital care that meets the needs of our patients.

We recently opened a new unit at QMC to improve the timeliness and expertise of assessment of our elderly emergency care patients. We are continuously improving the effectiveness and consistency of our clinical decision-making and the processes that move emergency patients from ED, through our hospitals and to discharge.
 
The Trust welcomes the opportunity to work with NHS Improvement and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and is absolutely determined to accelerate and build on the improvements in our 4-hour performance we have seen in recent months.
 
On 6-8 December, NUH had an unannounced inspection from the CQC focussing on the Emergency Pathway. We expect the report to be published in the coming months and will use the findings to further improve the experience for patients who require urgent and emergency care in our hospitals.

Funding boost for R&I

Just a few weeks ago, we learned that NUH was to be designated an National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Clinical Research Facility. With an award  £2.4m of funding, we aim to develop and deliver our research infrastructure over the next five years, helping to speed up the translation of scientific advances for the benefit of our patients.
You can read more here.  

For more information about how to get involved in research at our hospitals, please visit www.nuh.nhs.uk/research / follow @nuhresearch. 

Carillion contract

The NUH Trust Board remains very concerned about the performance of the Carillion contract and has decided significant changes to the arrangements with Carillion are required. NUH and Carillion are jointly exploring a managed exit from the Carillion contract.

Discussions between NUH and Carillion are underway to determine next steps. Estates and Facilities staff will remain employed by Carillion until such time as future arrangements are agreed by both parties, which we anticipate will be January 2017. We will continue to keep our patients, partners and external stakeholders informed as there are further developments.

NUHonours Awards – our 2016 winners

Launch of the ‘BIG APPEAL’

NUH’s Chief Executive Peter Homa officially launched a major new appeal to raise £3m for the Nottingham Children's Hospital - by abseiling down the side of QMC with Robin Hood!

The 'Big Appeal' will focus on raising funds to help transform children's care, as well as research for new treatments at QMC’s Children's Hospital.

You can read more about the Appeal here.

To make an appeal click here.

2016 highlights

Seasons Greeting and wishing you a healthy and happy 2017 – from all at NUH