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State of the art surgical centre aims to cut wait time and speed up treatment
SHEILA NURSIMHULU
The new Gateway Surgical Centre at Newham Hospital aims to achieve quick diagnosis and fast access to surgical interventions, to help reduce the long waiting list.
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The new 39-bed centre in the grounds of Newham Hospital boasts some of the most innovative and modern surgical and diagnostic facilities available anywhere in the world, with a team of the most highly skilled and experienced doctors and nurses.
The state-of-the-art centre which offers day-care diagnostic procedures in many different specialities and fast day-care elective surgery also contains a sports injuries clinic and a fracture clinic.
It offers elective surgery including, orthopaedics, gynaecology or urology as well as general surgery. These include hip replacements, hernia repairs, gallbladder removal and hysterectomy.
One patient, who had knee surgery at the centre,is quoted on the hospital trusts’ website:
“When I got the call, I wasn’t aware that the surgical hub was up and running at the Gateway Centre at Newham University Hospital, but I’m so glad it is! It means I can have my surgery –and improve my quality of life – sooner than I thought”.
The services available at the Gateway
Surgical Centre can also be accessed by private patients in East London.
In a bid to cut waiting time, Barts Health, which Newham Hospital is part of, has also joined forces with hospitals from other NHS trusts to form the Orthopaedic North East London (NEL) Surgery Network to allow clinicians to provide care at any of the trusts’ sites.
This coordinated cross-border approach, according to Bart’s Health, had, in some cases, helped to reduce waiting time from 18 to three months, with significant benefits to patients’ quality of life.
Rej Bhumbra, Trauma and Orthopaedic Consultant Network Director, explained: “This is a great example of how we can demonstrate the benefits of working closer with our colleagues across departments and specialities and the direct benefits this brings to patients.” Q
