Queen Elizabeth Hospital Gateshead International Prospectus
Where we are Queen Elizabeth Hospital Gateshead is located in the NewcastleGateshead area of the North East of England. Our roots go back to the very start of the National Health Service in1948. We are honoured to be named for the then Queen Elizabeth, the mother of our present Her Majesty the Queen, whose family have long had links with our area. We are part of one of the leading clusters of healthcare facilities in the world, with globally recognised teaching hospitals, surgery and transplant facilities, national centres such as the UK’s National Institute for Ageing, fertility treatment, education and training, and state of the art research in our universities and hospitals.
About us Welcome to the Queen Elizabeth Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust. We are one of the original and most successful Foundation Trusts within the UK’s National Health Service. We operate several hospitals and supporting facilities, centred around our main Queen Elizabeth general hospital. We have invested substantially in state of the art facilities. We are recognised by our National Authority for the Outstanding standard of our care. We have over 3400 members of staff and 600 beds, providing general healthcare services to our local community. We provide a number of specialist services. These include Gynaecology, Maternity, Fertility, Elderly Care, Palliative Care, Pathology, Oncology and Cancer Detection. We provide cancer screening services to over seven million people. We are already an international hospital, hosting doctors and other healthcare professionals from across the world. Now we are extending our international services and facilities in a major and ambitious way. We are seeking opportunities to enable other healthcare providers, professional practitioners and those in need of excellent healthcare from across the world, to benefit from our expertise and experience.
Ian Renwick Chief Executive Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Gateshead International Prospectus
Some of our highlights Our outstanding staff We are continually recognised for the excellence of our staff and the outstanding care that they provide.
Investment in state of the art capabilities We believe that high quality healthcare requires the most modern facilities, and we have invested significantly to enable our highly skilled and dedicated staff to provide the highest standards of care .
Facilities We have significant expertise in the design and management of specialist facilities, that improve the patient experience and enable excellent service provision, including our beautiful Peter Smith Surgery Centre.
Emergency Care Centre We have recently completed a ÂŁ32m investment in an award winning, innovative facility that brings together a wide range of services providing emergency care.
Pathology Our new investments also include a ÂŁ12 million worldleading pathology centre which provides state of the art medical testing to a number of NHS organisations.
Leadership and Management An excellent modern healthcare facility requires the highest quality leadership and management, and we aspire to such standards at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Gateshead, including effective change management to enable us to continually innovate and improve.
Maternity Our maternity services are recognised as ‘outstanding’, and are among the very best in Britain. We are recognised as having excellent facilities, skilled and caring staff, and very satisfied users.
Fertility Our fertility services enable some of the highest rates of successful pregnancy in the UK. We have recently invested in new IVF equipment to further enhance our capabilities.
Gynaecology Our gynaecology services are recognised as outstanding, and our work treating gynaecological cancers has built a national and international reputation.
Cancer and other screening We provide breast and bowel cancer screening for a large population, throughout the North of England. We also provide AAA screening.
Older People We are continuing to develop innovative new approaches to address the challenges of an increasingly ageing population. Our recent innovations include new approaches to dementia care and a community partnership with primary care providers and community services.
Innovation with Care We are experts in the introduction of innovation, in our services, facilities, our processes and our overall capabilities. Whether this is a new technology for endoscopy, a new approach to a particular form of care, the introduction of digital systems, or involving patients further in the design of their own care, we ensure that we are always ahead. We understand how to innovate in a way that is not disruptive to our patients or our care. We enable our success by constant and effective training.
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Gateshead International Prospectus
Our International offer We are now expanding internationally. We are building on the quality and capabilities of the services we provide currently in the UK by making these available to international developers, healthcare providers, managers and planners, and patients. We are offering an extensive range of specific services, which have been selected because we have particular expertise in these areas. We know that these are of interest to potential international partners. We have listed these on the following page. As you will appreciate, our expertise is wide and we work with numerous partners covering all of the key aspects of healthcare. If your specific area of interest is not on our list, please still contact us as we are confident that we will be able to meet your needs, directly or through working with our partners. We are able to offer services directly in other international locations. We are able to work with local developers and providers to offer our healthcare expertise. We are also able to provide advice, guidance and training to local providers. We are able to support these activities using digital technologies, including second opinions, remote consultations, and training. We are also very pleased to welcome individuals and teams of professional staff to our facilities in the North East of England, so that they can experience how we deliver healthcare services, and, if required, receive training and engage in practical placements in management, clinical services and care support. We are particularly active currently in China and are focussing our principal activities here. In addition, we are also interested in exploring opportunities in other parts of the world, including other parts of Asia, the Middle East and Africa.
We are able to offer a wide range of support and assistance, including: • Advice and training on the development and management of integrated healthcare systems • Advice on designing and developing hospitals and specialist facilities • Advice on facilities management • Support and operation of facilities management
• Advice on developing and operating cancer screening systems • Training of hospital administrators • Placements for doctors • Placements for nurses • Telemedicine and digital consultations • Leadership and management training • Provision of medical services • Provision of surgical services
• Advice and support on change management
• Support to the establishment and operation of fertility clinics
• Advice and support for the transformation of provision
• Support to the establishment and operation of maternity services
• Advice and support for senior executives of healthcare facilities
• Support to the establishment and operation of gynaecology services
• Development and operation of healthcare villages
• Development and accreditation of recognised healthcare qualifications
• Development and provision of healthcare provision to international patients, both in the UK and in international locations
• Development of pathology capabilities and services
• Provision of master classes by expert consultants and others
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Gateshead International Prospectus
• Development and operation of ageing care, including specialist home care • Development and operation of Palliative Care
We hope that you are impressed with the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Gateshead. We also hope that you would like to make us your international partner for expertise and excellence in healthcare. We would be delighted if you were to contact us at: Postal Address: International Communications, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Gateshead, Queen Elizabeth Ave, Gateshead, NE9 6SX, United Kingdom Email: comms@ghnt.nhs.uk Web: www.qegatesheadinternational.com