Capital health : London's new health care estate / [NHS Capital Investment Unit for the London Strategic Health Authorities].

  • Great Britain. National Health Service
Date:
2005
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Credit: Capital health : London's new health care estate / [NHS Capital Investment Unit for the London Strategic Health Authorities]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    a ta Elective Care Necessary but non-urgent procedure. In health care patients normally expect to wait for a period of time before gaining access to elective procedures. Common practice is to _ place those who need elective care and cannot be served immediately on a waiting list. Waiting lists are a feature of elective care ever since the NHS was founded. To improve access to care the government has recently introduced 18 week targets, which means Trusts generally have to improve the management of waiting lists for elective care better. _ This has led to focusing on the _ patient pathway (see below) and improved means of delivery such as _ Treatment and Diagnostic Centres (see below), Day Surgeries and Ambulatory Care (see below). Patient Pathway _ _ Route through the health service till completion of treatment. The formal _ the route that a patient will take from their first contact with an NHS © through referral, to the completion of their treatment. ee It also covers the period from entry _ into a hospital or a Treatment Centre, until the patient leaves. Events such a? treatment, medication, diet, © assessment, teaching and preparing for discharge from the hospital can all be mapped on this timeline. The pathway gives an outline of what is likely to happen on the patient's journey and can be used both for patient information and for planning services as a template pathway can be created for common services and operations. Treatment Centres Treatment Centres have been designed around patient pathways. Many designers use this as their © starting point in the layout within the centre, minimising the disruption to the patient during their stay within the Treatment Centre, allowing the the process to the next with ease. Day Surgery Operation or treatment without an overnight stay. As surgical procedures and anaesthesia techniques become less disruptive, so patients are able to undergo operations without an overnight stay in hospital. With some hospitals achieving over 60%, day surgeries are key to reducing waiting times. Diagnostic and treatment centres such as ACAD (and mobile theatres) are planned to specialise solely in day surgery. Z Ambulatory Care Delivery of quick patient orientated service for specific treatments. Originating in the US system of private health care, ambulatory care was established to meet the market demands for a “wellness service” and speedy throughput. It is targeted at speciality areas of treatment and - offers a dedicated service for elective care. A speedy consumer-driven pathway to meet the needs and ambulatory care everything is immediate and patients are available to the clinicians as needed.