An Advanced Nurse Practitioner at Noble’s Hospital has received national recognition for his innovative development of three major procedure trolleys. Graham Lloyd-Brandrick, Advanced Practitioner in Critical Care, at Noble’s Hospital devised the idea of having major incident trolleys set up that would take the right equipment to the patient bedside at the right time. The trolleys not only ensure that everything that is required to care for the patient is readily available when needed, but have also contributed to cost savings at the Hospital. The Royal College of Nursing have heralded the new trolleys as innovative and in the near future will be featuring Graham’s developments in the Nursing Standard, the UK’s best selling nursing journal.
There are three trolleys as follows:
1. Burns Trolley - this contains all the equipment required to treat a burns patient at their bedside, whether this is on the ward, in Theatres or any other unit within the Hospital. The trolley was developed in accordance with the Northwest Regional Burns Protocols. The Protocols are devised by a Clinical Network of Specialists, led by the Regional Burns Unit at Whiston Hospital on Merseyside. Other hospitals within the burns clinical network are now considering introducing these trolleys.
2. Major Procedures Trolley - this comes complete with a large area that can be kept sterile to ensure procedures are undertaken as safely as possible. This trolley allows many procedures to be done at the patient’s bedside, meaning that patients do not have to be moved to different parts of the Hospital, improving safety and comfort.
3. Sedation Trolley - this allows the patient to be sedated on the ward or in the X-Ray Department for procedures. This trolley is critical to ensuring patient safety when patients are having sedation in locations other than the Theatre Department.
In addition to improving patient safety and comfort, these three trolleys also increase efficiency and are proving very cost effective. They have resulted in significant savings in equipment expenditure across the Hospital.
Minister for Health, Mr David Anderson MHK, said “We are continually striving to improve the quality of care that we provide to patients and looking at new ways of delivering care; I’m therefore delighted to hear that our best practice and innovation is being recognised nationally. What Graham has achieved has not only improved the care that we give to patients at the Hospital, but has also resulted in cost efficiency savings of up to ?10,000 per year. This is one nurse making a very big difference.”
Graham Lloyd-Brandrick, Advanced Nurse Practitioner, said “These trolleys were established in response to the needs of both patients and staff. They facilitate treatment at the patient’s bedside, ensuring that the right equipment is in the right place at the right time.”
Bev Critchlow, Chief Nurse, said “We are very proud of what Graham has achieved. He is extremely innovative and very focussed on ensuring we deliver the best care we can to patients. These trolleys allow everything that is needed to be at hand in an emergency and also ensure that a consistent quality of care is delivered to the patient, wherever the care is being delivered. Much of this equipment has been purchased through very generous charitable donations from patients and the public, which is an added bonus for the Hospital.”
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Monday 13th, December 2010 09:21pm.
