Medway NHS Foundation Trust

Unit Brief v1
ICM Unit Brief
Part 1
Hospital Details
1.1 Hospital name
Medway NHS Foundation trust
1.2 Full address (you must include postcode)
Medway NHS Foundation Trust
Windmill Road
Gillingham
Kent
ME7 5NY
Part 2
1.3 Hospital Telephone number
01634 830000
ICU Department contact details
2.1 Direct telephone number to Department
01634 833967
2.2 Department Email address
[email protected]
2.3 Home page of departmental website
www.medway.nhs.uk/our-services/anaesthetics-critical-care-and-pain-medicine/critical-care/intensive-careunit-icu/
2.4 Faculty Tutor name
2.5 Faculty Tutor Email address
Dr Paul Hayden
Part 3
[email protected]
Unit Structure
3.1 Number of Consultants
10 ICU/ HDU consultants
3.2 Percentage of elective vs emergency admissions
ICU: 10:90% Surgical HDU: 50:50%
3.3 Overview of case mix within the unit
We have a busy 25 bedded critical care department, admitting over 2000 patients/ year,
comprising a separate 9 bedded ICU, 10 bedded surgical HDU and 6 bedded medical HDU. The
case mix for the ICU is predominantly emergency admissions, with approx. 90%-10% emergency:
elective
split
and approx.
70:30 medical:surgical
3.4
Details
of training
opportunities
on the unit split.
We have a keen interest in multi-centre research and take part in most major national trials. We
have also commenced single unit research and have 2 dedicated ICU research nurses as well as
strong links with the University of Canterbury. We strongly advocate critical care ultrasound and
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department will be “paperless” from April 2014 and we intend to utilise the data to increase our
research and audit capabilities.
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3.5 Names of Consultants, roles and areas of interest
Name
Dr Paul Hayden
Dr Graeme Sanders
Dr David Simpson
Dr Nandita Divekar
Dr Arek Makowski
Dr Beata Misztal
Dr Seyi Oyesola
Dr Ravi Singh-Verma
Dr Rupa Kaur
Dr Pavol Palcovic
Role (eg clinical lead,
consultant)
Clinical lead ICU
Deputy medical director,
consultant ICU
Consultant ICU
Consultant ICU
Clinical lead HDU
Consultant HDU
Consultant HDU
Consultant HDU
Consultant HDU
Consultant HDU
Areas of interest
USS/ECHo in critical care, sepsis,
biomarkers, delirium,
innovative communication/
rehab applications
Pre-operative optimization
3.6 Details of research projects being undertaken within the unit
We are currently taking part in the Calories, Promise, and Free trials. We are also collecting data
for several single centre trials and are in planning stages for several other national/ international
trials including EPOCH, ISOS, and IOSwean.
Part 4
Training
4.1 Details of departmental teaching
days
Weekly ICU tutorials
Daily bedside teaching
Regular journal club
4.2 Details of clinical governance meetings
and / or M & M
Monthly directorate audit meeting
Quarterly multi-disciplinary audit meetings
Annual audit competition
Monthly M&M meetings
Monthly operational meeting
Quarterly MDT operational meeting
4.3 Details of inhouse courses available
We will be commencing the BASIC ICU course in 2014.
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4.4 Details of junior doctor shift pattens (including on call)
Full shift, 1:7 on-call
4.5 Details of senior doctor shift pattens (including on call)
1:10 dedicated ICU/HDU consultant on-call rota 24/7
Part 5
Additional information
5.1 Please provide any additional information about the unit
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