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Number of Beds: 700
Number of Employees: 4604
Population served
300,000 across Wolverhampton, the Black Country, South Staffordshire, North Worcestershire and Shropshire.
Hospitals
New Cross Hospital (DGH)
Services
Specialties in Cancer, Ophthalmology, Cardiothoracic Surgery (with a dedicated 30 bedded critical care unit) and Renal Medicine (including a consistent case load of around 300 haemodialysis patients). We are a teaching Trust, which continues and strives to develop and deliver the highest quality clinical services.
Awards
In 2007 the Trust won the Health Service Journal's National Patient Safety Award for its nationally recognised achievements in the reduction of healthcare acquired infection. The Trust was also the Winner of the Winners and received the Secretary of State's Award for Excellence in Healthcare Management. In the same year the Trust also won the international Oxoid Infection Control award and the British Journal of Nursing Infection Control award.
Local Contact Details
HCAI Technology Programme Lead:
Matt Reid
The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust
New Cross Hospital,
Wednesfield Road,
Wolverhampton,
WV10 0QP
E: matthewreid@nhs.net
T: 01902 695293
52.593246,-2.106671
The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals
Number of Employees: 4604
Population served
300,000 across Wolverhampton, the Black Country, South Staffordshire, North Worcestershire and Shropshire.
Hospitals
New Cross Hospital (DGH)
Services
Specialties in Cancer, Ophthalmology, Cardiothoracic Surgery (with a dedicated 30 bedded critical care unit) and Renal Medicine (including a consistent case load of around 300 haemodialysis patients). We are a teaching Trust, which continues and strives to develop and deliver the highest quality clinical services.
Awards
In 2007 the Trust won the Health Service Journal's National Patient Safety Award for its nationally recognised achievements in the reduction of healthcare acquired infection. The Trust was also the Winner of the Winners and received the Secretary of State's Award for Excellence in Healthcare Management. In the same year the Trust also won the international Oxoid Infection Control award and the British Journal of Nursing Infection Control award.
Local Contact Details
HCAI Technology Programme Lead:
Matt Reid
The Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals NHS Trust
New Cross Hospital,
Wednesfield Road,
Wolverhampton,
WV10 0QP
E: matthewreid@nhs.net
T: 01902 695293
Healthcare Associated Infections
Healthcare Associated Infections (HCAI) are infections acquired in hospitals or due to healthcare interventions. They include MRSA and C. difficile.
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Collaboration
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