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HEALTH NEWS DELIVERING BETTER HEALTH IN GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE FEBRUARY/MARCH 2007 Wash away Check out Hundreds of NHS jobs Taking services those germs NHS listings on our new website to the people PAGE 4 PAGE 9 PAGE 11 PAGE 12 New Beatson Cancer 2006 - a year Centre set to open of major THE new world-class West of Scotland Cancer Centre in progress Glasgow is set to launch a new era LAST year saw major in cancer care for thousands of progress in the patients. development of health services with the HAVE A LOOK INSIDE landmark start to works THE NEW BEATSON on two new long awaited hospital developments SEE PAGES 5,6,7 AND 8. at the Victoria and Stobhill. Bringing Clyde services into Greater Glasgow brought new security to key services at Inverclyde Royal Hospital. Two major mental health developments took major strides forward - The Rowanbank secure care centre started to take shape at Stobhill and plans were approved for Skye House which boats purpose built facilities for young people. We also saw the delivery of inpatient and day case waiting time targets a full year early. LOOK BACK AT A YEAR OF CHALLENGE AND SUCCESS PAGES 2 AND 3 Fast forward with pride ALL SYSTEMS GO FOR BETTER HEALTH IN 2007 HIS year will see child health and protection modernisation of NHS services through Health News, our newly further major ● The unveiling of plans for a both in acute hospitals and re-designed public focussed developments in new South Glasgow Hospital locally with powerful new local website, Our Health events and T and Children’s Hospital in Govan organisations. community engagement activity. NHS services in Greater ● Ambitious health improvement And as we set out to meet This edition of Health News Glasgow and Clyde. developments delivered at local the challenges that 2007 will These include a number of level bring, we remain committed to sets out some of the key areas exciting projects: This will be a significant informing and involving patients of activity for the year ahead ● Major initiatives to improve year as we progress the and the public in general - starting on page 4. For more information on all your local health services, visit www.nhsggc.org.uk 2 A LOOK BACK AT 2006 NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde A LOOK BACK AT 2006 3 GOOD NEWS Waiting time TRAVELS targets SO FAST... DURING 2006, the realisation that something are met really exciting was happening to NHS hospitals in Glasgow brought welcome headlines… Major newspaper editorials welcomed news ahead of that work was at last beginning on the new Stobhill and Victoria Hospitals, marking the start of significant service redesign and patient MAKING schedule services across the entire city. THE NEWS... Rapidly changing hospital practices mean far OUR staff made major new future at the two sites. the new more patients can be seen more quickly and hospitals at efforts last year to meet efficiently without overnight hospital stays – in They carried large images of how these new Victoria and targets set for waiting purpose-built diagnostic hospitals. hospitals will look when they come into service times. early in 2009. Stobhill and The two hospitals – each representing an NHS the saving And all their hard work investment of more than £100m in the north And in December this year, the Greenock of the IRH paid off... by December and south of the city – will help redraw the NHS Telegraph splashed with the headline “SAVED” accident 2006, there were no patients patient map of Glasgow, freeing up inpatient as NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde announced and waiting more than 18 and A&E specialist sites to more efficiently deal that the threat that had been hanging over emergency weeks for inpatient or day with patient needs. their local hospital’s A&E and major inpatient service all The Daily Record, Evening Times, The Herald activity had been lifted. The following day, the provoked case treatment without an and weekly newspaper titles including the newspaper ran with the story that the future positive ASC code, a year ahead of Glaswegian and Kirkintilloch Herald, all carried was indeed looking bright for the hospital now editorials. target. bold headlines marking the start of a positive that a future of key services had been secured. However, in common with other NHS Boards in Scotland, we didn’t do so well on cancer waiting times. We have made major strides in breast cancer, and both lung and colorectal are heading in the right direction, but there is still A year for pride and progress a lot of work to be done on other cancer waiting times. Tom Divers, Chief Professor Sir John Arbuthnott, Executive, said: “Tackling Chairman NHS Greater cancer waiting times Glasgow and Clyde, reviews a and ASC codes will be a challenge for 2007. host of activity in 2006 “In particular, a F anyone were to ask me number of significant improvements have already to sum up the past year, I been implemented to I would have to say it’s been help tackle colorectal and one of great challenges and urology cancer waiting success. times. These include fast track clinics and additional Although this was a challenging year trans urethral ultrasound it has not quelled the desire of staff to maintain the head of steam in reshaping sessions for urology. and improving our services for patients. “The introduction of Thanks to them, we’ve met all our nurse endoscopists to financial and waiting times targets. increase the availability of In April last year, NHS Greater Glasgow colonoscopy appointments and Clyde was established via the and speed diagnosis incorporation of the ‘Clyde’ area of the for colorectal cancer, former NHS Argyll & Clyde within NHS additional staff and a Greater Glasgow, with ‘Argyll’ becoming patient focus booking NEW FOR OLD... the Victoria Hospital is being rebuilt at a cost of £100million. THE new £100million Stobhill Hospital will bring patients the best of health care. part of NHS Highland. One of our main system in day surgery priorities has been to work towards experiences of patients and staff working We’ve also seen the start of building plans for a £550million development of majority of hospital services should be have also contributed to ensuring as equitable services as possible environments. work on the new Victoria and Stobhill the Southern General Hospital campus, retained locally. improvements. across the new NHS Board area. One of the key events last year was Hospitals. Each costing £100 million to which will eventually see the creation Under the proposed new arrangements, “The challenges of There is a significant challenge with the completion of the brand new West of build, the new hospitals will open in of a new children’s hospital and one of which are now subject to public achieving ever-better services in Clyde. We inherited a Scotland Cancer Centre at the Gartnavel 2009 and treat around 800,000 patients the most advanced specialist inpatient consultation lasting until February, waiting times targets recurring £30.5million deficit from the per year. Their modern treatment rooms, has been enormous, but Hospital site. This state-of-the-art, acute care hospitals in 2012, as well as a Inverclyde Royal Hospital would retain former NHS Argyll and Clyde. advanced day surgery theatres and fresh, we continue to build up £105million centre is the most advanced in major upgrade of the existing maternity its A&E department and core inpatient Europe and its opening heralds a new era comfortable waiting areas will totally hospital. The children’s hospital will capacity to ensure we We want to return to financial balance services such as emergency medical within three years and we have now in cancer care in the West of Scotland. change the experience of patients for the be built alongside maternity and adult continue to meet targets. receiving, trauma, orthopaedic and identified plans for more than half of the The new Beatson will house the most better. hospital services to ensure immediate general surgery. The proposals would “We are also using this deficit, with a number of other service specialised of the region’s non-surgical Our new £18million forensic psychiatric access to specialist services of all kinds also see A&E and core inpatient services additional capacity to reviews under way during 2007. cancer services under the same roof for care unit, Rowanbank Clinic on the and therefore the highest quality and tackle ASC codes. Our retained at the Royal Alexandra Hospital The past year has also been an exciting the very first time. It replaces existing Stobhill Hospital site, is currently being safety standards for mothers, children and priority is to treat those in Paisley. time for all of us, with health services facilities at the Western Infirmary, built and is expected to be operational by babies alike. patients with a service- undergoing a radical transformation Glasgow Royal Infirmary and Gartnavel May this year. This unit provides secure At the end of last year we announced In the remaining year of my driven ASC code and in to meet the changing health needs of General Hospital care for the small number of patients new proposals to secure the long-term Chairmanship, I look forward to seeing particular those patients our population. We are building new Some of the 800 staff have already with mental health problems who have future of both Inverclyde Royal and Royal the new hospitals, health centres and other with a highly specialised committed an offence or are at risk of hospitals and redesigning the way started relocating to the new centre from Alexandra Hospitals.

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