Post on 17-Jan-2016
Presentation to West CheshireGP Patient Participation Group
Workshop
Ken Hoskisson, ChairmanJulie Riley, Divisional Director of Operations Neurology
Liverpool
Where is The Walton Centre?
The Walton Centre
The Walton CentreSpecialist 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 5th
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 strategyAchieving 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