Presentation to West Cheshire GP Patient Participation Group Workshop Ken Hoskisson, Chairman Julie Riley, Divisional Director of Operations Neurology
Liverpool Where is The Walton Centre?
The Walton Centre
The Walton Centre Specialist Neuroscience Trust Neurosurgery Neurology Specialist Pain Medicine Specialist Spinal Services Neuropsychology Rehabilitation Specialist diagnostic services Major Trauma Centre Collaborative
What makes us special? Only specialist Neurosciences NHS Trust in the UK Perform highest number of neurosurgery procedures in the UK Most comprehensive Neuroradiology Department in the UK First, and largest, Pain Management Programme in Europe Spinal Unit in Europe’s top 10% and the largest and most comprehensive in the UK.
Our patients and staff 3.5 million people in catchment area 24,000 out-patients 2,500 elective surgical cases 2,000 emergency surgical cases 500 new patients a year with primary and secondary brain tumours 300 day case procedures 183 beds (20 critical care and 29 acute rehabilitation) 30 consultant neurologists 17 consultant anaesthetists 16 consultant neurosurgeons 16 satellite hospitals in the north west 10 wards 7 pain consultants 3 professors
Leading edge clinical services Clean air theatres Buzz imaging technology Major centre for awake craniotomy Video-telemetry diagnostics Intra-operative ultrasound DBS for movement disorder in epilepsy Immunoflourescence-guided surgery Stereotactic radiosurgery Novalis TX
Neuroradiology 4 MRI scanners 1 spiral CT scanner 16,000 MRI scans a year 10,000 CT scans a year Planning for a 5 th intraoperative MRI Coil 220 aneurysms a year
Neuro-rehabilitation Network centre for north west of England Major Trauma Centre Collaborative 29 beds including 9 hyper-acute rehabilitation beds
The 5-year strategy Achieving our Strategic Objectives To be an employer of choice and recruit excellent employees Enhance our Neurosurgery, Anaesthetic and Pain Services Develop the strength of our image and reputation Develop our Research and Innovation Services Enhance our Rehabilitation Services Enhance our Neurology Services Improve our quality of care Develop our Centre Strong finances
Investing in our future £40 million development plan Relatives accommodation State-of-the-art Rehabilitation Unit