Choosing your hospital Lincolnshire Primary Care Trust For most medical conditions, you can now choose where and when to have your treatment. This booklet explains more about choosing your hospital. You will also find information about the hospitals you can choose from. Second edition December 2006 Contents What is patient choice? 1 Making your choice 2 How to use this booklet 3 Where can I have my treatment? 4 Your hospitals A to Z 7 Your questions answered 33 How to book your appointment 35 What do the specialty names mean? 36 What does the healthcare jargon mean? 38 Where can I find more information and support? 40 How do your hospitals score? 41 Hospital score table 46 What is patient choice? If you and your GP decide that you need to see a specialist for more treatment, you can now choose where and when to have your treatment from a list of hospitals or clinics. Why has patient choice been introduced? Research has shown that patients want to be more involved in making decisions and choosing their healthcare. Most of the patients who are offered a choice of hospital consider the experience to be positive and valuable. The NHS is changing to give you more choice and flexibility in how you are treated. Your choices Your local choices are included in this booklet. If you do not want to receive your treatment at a local hospital, your GP will be able to tell you about your choices of other hospitals across England. As well as the hospitals listed in this booklet, your GP may be able to suggest community-based services, such as GPs with Special Interests or community clinics. Or, if your GP decides to refer you to a Clinical Assessment Service and you then need to go to hospital, you will be able to choose from this list of hospitals. General information 1 Making your choice In choosing where to have your outpatient appointment, you will be choosing where to receive your full treatment, if you need it. This will include your initial outpatient appointment and any other appointments for treatment (for example, inpatient care) or aftercare. However, if you are not happy with your chosen hospital after your outpatient appointment, your GP can make you an appointment at another hospital. If you need very specialised care, you may need to be referred to another hospital. You may also be transferred to another specialty if the hospital doctor feels that this is more appropriate for your condition. 2 General information How to use this booklet This booklet includes information about your choice of hospitals. Use the ‘Where can I have my treatment?’ table on page 4 to find out which hospitals offer your treatment. You can then find information about individual hospitals. This starts on page 7. You can also find out how your hospital scores against a number of measures, some of which are patients’ views. This information starts on page 46. You will also find other information in this booklet to help you make your choice. You can use the 'Contents list' at the beginning of the booklet to find this information. You can also find more information on www.nhs.uk Your local library can help you use the internet to search for more information on choosing your hospital. See the 'Where can I find more information and support?' page later in this booklet for some website addresses that you can use. General information 3 Where can I have my treatment? Use the chart below to check which hospitals provide the service you need. In addition to the hospitals listed, your GP may be able to refer you to community-based or other services. Ask him or her what’s available in your local area. He or she will also advise you if the service you need is not listed. Specialty name Hospital provider Barlborough NHS Treatment Centre page 7 Boston NHS Treatment Centre page 8 Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust page 9 Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust page 10 Gainsborough NHS Treatment Centre page 13 Holbeach Hospital page 14 Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust page 15 4 Hospital information Specialty name Hospital provider Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Trust page 16 Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust page 18 Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust page 19 Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust page 20 Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust page 22 Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust page 23 Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Trust page 24 The Queen Elizabeth Hospital King's Lynn NHS Trust page 26 United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust page 27 University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust page 30 To find out more about the hospitals you can choose from go to page 7 To find out what these specialties mean go to page 36. Hospital information 5 6 Hospital information Barlborough NHS Treatment Centre www.barlboroughtreatmentcentre.nhs.uk The Treatment Centre focuses on providing specialist orthopaedic services. The hospital is run by Partnership Health Group Ltd, an independent company providing services to NHS patients on behalf of the NHS. It is a newly-built, 46-bed orthopaedic centre, with three theatres, and opened in July 2005. It performs 4,400 surgical procedures a year, made up mainly of knee and hip replacements and minor orthopaedic cases. Barlborough NHS Treatment Centre 2 Lindrick Way, Barlborough, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S43 4XE Tel: 01246 575000 Trains: Chesterfield. More than ten miles. Buses: Traveline. 0870 608 2 608. Parking: Free on-site parking. Hospital information 7 Boston NHS Treatment Centre www.capio.co.uk/nhs The Treatment Centre is a purpose-built day case centre on West Business Park. It provides services for assessment, diagnosis and treatment of common medical conditions, and has a suite of outpatient rooms, treatment rooms and counselling facilities. A well-equipped modern theatre undertakes a range of surgical procedures and endoscopic (diagnostic) investigations. Boston NHS Treatment Centre Boston West Business Park, Sleaford Road, Boston, Lincolnshire, PE21 8EG Tel: 01205 591860 Trains: Boston. Five miles. Buses: Traveline. 0870 608 2 608. Parking: Free on-site parking. 8 Hospital information Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust www.addenbrookes.org.uk Located in south Cambridge, Addenbrooke’s offers district general hospital services and is also a centre for specialist services: organ transplant, cancer, neurosciences, paediatrics and genetics. Ranked in the Dr Foster Good Hospital Guide (2006) as one of the best performing hospitals and top in the east for patients aged over 50, the Trust is an international academic and clinical centre for research and medical education. Addenbrooke's Hospital Hills Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB2 2QQ Tel: 01223 245151 Trains: Cambridge. Two miles. Buses: Traveline. 0870 608 2 608. Parking: On-site parking available. Charges apply. Hospital information 9 Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust www.dbh.nhs.uk The Trust manages five hospitals and we hold three stars (Healthcare Commission, 2005). We have been rated as a Top 40 hospital for the past six years by CHKS, an independent benchmarking company. All our hospitals have been awarded Charter Mark status, the national standard for excellence in customer care, and the Trust is in the Health Protection Agency’s top 20 per cent of NHS hospitals for low levels of MRSA infection (2006). Bassetlaw Hospital Kilton, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, S81 0BD Tel: 01909 500990 Trains: Worksop. Up to half a mile. Buses: Traveline. 0870 608 2 608. Parking: On-site parking available. Charges apply. 10 Hospital information Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust www.dbh.nhs.uk Doncaster Royal Infirmary Montagu Hospital Armthorpe Road, Adwick Road, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, Mexborough, South Yorkshire, DN2 5LT S64 0AZ Tel: 01302 366666 Tel: 01709 585171 Trains: Doncaster. One mile. Trains: Mexborough. One mile. Buses: Traveline. 0870 608 2 608. Buses: Traveline. 0870 608 2 608. Parking: On-site parking available. Parking: On-site parking available. Charges apply. Charges apply. To see how your hospital scores see page 41 Hospital information 11 Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust www.dbh.nhs.uk Retford Hospital Tickhill Road Hospital North Road, Tickhill Road, Retford, Nottinghamshire, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, DN22 7XF DN4 8QL Tel: 01777 274400 Tel: 01302 796000 Trains: Retford. Two miles. Trains: Doncaster. Two miles. Buses: Traveline. 0870 608 2 608. Buses: Traveline. 0870 608 2 608. Parking: Free, but limited. Parking: On-site parking available. Charges apply. To see how your hospital scores see page 41 12 Hospital information Gainsborough NHS Treatment Centre www.capio.co.uk/nhs Located at the John Coupland Hospital, this facility is a purpose-built day case centre providing service for assessment, diagnosis and treatment of common medical conditions. The centre has a suite of outpatient rooms, treatment rooms and counselling facilities. A modern well-equipped theatre undertakes a range of surgical procedures and endoscopic (diagnostic) investigations. Gainsborough NHS Treatment Centre John Coupland Hospital, Ropery Road, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, DN21 2TJ Tel: 01427 816500 Trains: Gainsborough Lea Road. Three miles. Buses: Traveline. 0870 608 2 608. Parking: Free on-site parking. Hospital information 13 Holbeach Hospital The Hospital is situated under a mile from Holbeach town, just off the A17. It offers a nursing home, GP beds, an outpatients department and physiotherapy. Outpatient clinics include paediatrics, orthopaedics, general surgery, ENT (ear, nose and throat), audiology, urology and andrology (men's health). Holbeach Hospital Boston Road North, Holbeach, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE12 8AQ Tel: 01406 422283 Trains: Spalding. More than ten miles. Buses: n/a Parking: Free on-site parking. 14 Hospital information Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust www.hey.nhs.uk The Trust is one of the largest in the UK, providing a full range of services across East Yorkshire.