Media Pack
Introduction
Media enquiries
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During office hours, all media enquiries should be directed to the Press Office on
02476 967596 or 07717 660194.
Out-of-hours and weekends
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The duty Press Officer can be contacted outside office hours: 07717 660194 or via
the hospital switchboard 02476 964000.
News and press releases
All the latest news from UHCW can be viewed at http://www.uhcw.nhs.uk/media/
The website news section is regularly updated.
The details in this pack are subject to change. Last updated September 2010.
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Contents
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University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust In Brief
Where We Lead
Vital Statistics
Partner Profile
People Profile
How We Are Run
UHCW NHS Trust Facts And Figures
FAQs
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01 University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust In Brief
University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) NHS Trust is one of the newest
and busiest NHS teaching Trusts in the country, caring for more than a million people from
across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We run University Hospital, Coventry and the Hospital of St Cross, Rugby. Our focus is on
high quality patient care, stringent infection control and key specialties including cardiology,
neurosurgery, stroke, joint replacements, IVF, diabetes, cancer care and kidney transplants.
Our mission is to:
 CARE: Deliver the best care for patients
Patient care is at the centre of our work and we will focus on continually improving the quality
of patient care and patients’ experience
 ACHIEVE: Achieve excellence in education and training
We will support and inspire future generations of healthcare professionals by instilling a
culture of achievement, education, training and development
 INNOVATE: Innovate through research and learning
Through continuous innovation, we will strive to lead in improving patient care, driven by
clinical leadership, championing research and collaborating with our patients
Did you know?
University Hospital Coventry
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Is home to the first PET scanner outside London. This cutting edge
technology and will be used in cancer diagnosis and treatment. Costing
£1.6 million, the PET CT scanner is among only a handful of its kind in
the UK and will end local cancer patients having to travel to London for
a specialist scan
Has over 8,000 hand basins. Every ward area has a sink placed at the
entrance to every bay for staff and visitors to wash their hands and
help reduce the risk of infection
Is the largest centre for 'living donor kidney transplants' in the NHS
Is one of a few Trusts in the West Midlands offering 24-hour primary
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angioplasty treatment for heart attack
Has its own helicopter pad for the air ambulance to bring patients to the
hospital with major injuries and for specialist treatment
Has patient entertainment systems at every bedside equipped with TV,
radio and internet access
The Hospital of St Cross
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Is more than 125 years old
Treats almost 70,000 outpatients, 25,000 patients with minor
injuries or illnesses and carries out over 8,000 operations, every
year
Provides and manages the National Bowel Screening Programme
for the Central and North West regions
Is home to the Retinal Screening Programme for Coventry and
Warwickshire, which examines diabetic patients to identify
opthalmological (eye) damage and prevent further deterioration of
vision
Has five surgical theatres and an endoscopy suite. Two of the
theatres have specialised tented and extraction systems for patients
undergoing joint replacement or spinal surgery
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Where We Lead
UHCW has recently won the following awards:
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Tissue Viability Award 2010
To UHCW Specialist Nurse Vanessa McDonagh for her work promoting the caring off
and preventing of pressure sores.
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ICT Excellence Awards November 2009
VitalPAC (patient monitoring system) won the Best Added Value Project.
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BT e-Health Insider Awards October 2009
The VitalPAC system was shortlisted under the category "Best use of wireless
healthcare".
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Migraine Heroes Healthcare Awards – Best Healthcare Professional 2009
This award was given to neurologist Mohammed Belhag after he was nominated by a
patient. He managed to get her migraines under control without prescribing drugs or
performing surgery.
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British Medical Association Highly Commended Award September 2009
This went to MS specialist nurse Wendy Hartland after writing a book on falls aimed at
those with MS aged between 20 and 40. This went on to become the most
downloaded leaflet from the MS Trust website.
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Macular Disease Society Best Support Services Award September 2009
Adrian Sexton and the Low Vision Department won the Macular Disease Society’s
Best Support Services Award after being nominated by patients.
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Innovative Health and Social Care Technology Award May 2009
The Centre for Reproductive Medicine won this award for dramatically increasing its
use of single embryo transfer for patients having IVF treatment and reducing its
multiple pregnancy rates. The new technology used involves improved embryo
selection by a longer period of culture in the laboratory; up to 7 days.
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Regional Health and Social Care Awards May 2009
VitalPAC – Finalist for the Innovative Health and Social Care Technology Award,
having replaced traditional paper observation charts with electronic versions.
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Vital Statistics
Vital Statistics 2009/10 2008/09
Number of people attending an Outpatient appointment
2009/10
527,326
2008/09
483,212
Number of outpatient appointments
575,302
531,002
The number of people attending Accident & Emergency (A&E)
including specialist Children’s A&E
The number of Inpatients and Daycases (based on
Admissions)
Babies Delivered
156,865
150,101
133,909
128,313
5,790
5,721
Patients having operations in theatres
45,465
44,239
Number of staff working in our hospitals
6,400
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6,400
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More information can be found in the Trust’s full annual report for 2009-2010 at
www.uhcw.nhs.uk/about/annualreport
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Partner Profile
Key organisations we work with
We are the principal teaching hospital for Warwick Medical School with which we work in
close partnership to develop innovative medical education programmes and clinical
research. We are a major partner in the Health Innovation and Education Cluster for the
West Midlands (south)
Coventry University
Warwick Medical School
NHS Warwickshire
NHS Coventry
Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust
PFI Partner Organisations
These are businesses from the private sector who helped with the construction and
maintenance of University Hospital in Coventry and services at this hospital and the Hospital
of St Cross in Rugby.
Skanska Facilities Management
ISS Mediclean
General Electric (GE)
Project Co
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People Profile
We have a number of specialists at UHCW NHS Trust. If you would like to speak to any of
those named below please call the Communications Team.
Anaesthesia
Edwin Borman
Consultant anaesthetist and Clinical Director for Anaesthesia, council member of the BMA
(since 1991) and former council member of the GMC (from 1994-2008). Specialises in
anaesthesia and regulation issues.
Mathew Patteril
Consultant cardiothoracic anaesthetist and Deputy Clinical Director for the department of
Anaesthesia and pain management. His speciality is cardiothoracic Anaesthesia and cardiac
critical care medicine.
Breast Surgery
Mr Steve Parker
Consultant breast surgeon happy to discuss anything to do with breast surgery.
Mr Martin Lee
Consultant Breast Surgeon; President of the Association of Breast Surgery; Chair of Breast
Group, National Cancer Intelligence Network
Cardiology
Dr Faizel Osman
Consultant Cardiologist / Electrophysiologist. Speciality is Cardiac Electrophysiology/Ablation
and Devices (ICD/CRT).
Dr Prithwish Banerjee
Consultant Cardiologist and Lead of Heart Failure.
Cardiovascular
Prof Francesco P Cappuccio
Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine & Epidemiology and Consultant Physician. Specialities
include Cardiovascular Medicine and Prevention and Salt intake.
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Diabetes
Dr Aresh Anwar
Consultant in diabetes and endocrinology specialising in obesity and antenatal patients.
Fertility/Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Mr Richard Kennedy
Richard Kennedy is a leading expert in reproductive medicine. He is also the Trust Chief
Medical Officer.
Dr Rina Agrawal
Consultant & Honorary Associate Professor for Obstetrics/Gynaecology and Specialist
Reproductive Medicine. She specialises in Reproductive Medicine, Assisted Conception and
Gynaecology/Obstetrics.
Infectious Diseases
Dr Ravi Gowda
Consultant in Infectious Diseases specialising in infection and tropical medicine.
Kidney transplantations
Dr Rob Higgins
Recognised nationally and internationally as a leading expert in kidney transplantations, Dr
Rob Higgins is available to give an expert's view point on kidney disease in the community;
dialysis and kidney failure and kidney transplantation, especially ethics and antibody
incompatible transplantation.
Midwifery
Amanda Hogan
Associate Head of Midwifery. Specialises in maternity service development, normal birth,
reducing inappropriate medical intervention, midwifery, student midwives, maternity
workforce planning and medical ethics and law.
Neurosurgery
Mr Munchi Choksey
Mr Munchi Choksey is an expert in head injury, spinal problems, infection after surgery and
neurosurgery in general.
Neurology
Dr Anthony Kenton
Consultant neurologist specializing in stroke.
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Nursing
Professor Mark Radford
Divisional Director of Nursing (Surgery).Specialises in nursing, surgical nursing perioperative
care, advanced practice nursing and research.
Ross Palmer
Modern matron, Trauma and orthopaedics. Speciality is nursing and divisional nursing.
Obstetrics
Manu Vatish
Consultant in obstetrics and gynaecology specializing in high risk obstetric and pregnancy
care.
Ophthalmology
Harpreet Ahluwalia
Consultant ophthalmologist and Lead for Oculoplastics, Orbital & Ocular Cancers and an
Associate Clinical Professor for Warwick Medical School.
Physiotherapy
Lynn Thomas
Therapy Services Manager specializing in physiotherapy and occupational therapy.
Plastic Surgery
Alan Park
Consultant plastic surgeon specialising in trauma and plastic and reconstructive surgery of
the breast and hypospadias.
Radiology/Diagnostics
Santosh Rai
Consultant in diagnostics specilaising in Musculoskeletal, General CT /MRI and Ultrasound.
Richard Wellings
Consultant in diagnostics specialising in Orthopaedic Radiology, CT, MRI and Ultrasound.
Alison Duncan
Consultant Breast Radiologist and Director of Coventry Warwickshire and Solihull Breast
Screening Programme
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Respiratory
Dr David Parr
Consultant Physician, Respiratory and General Medicine; Honorary Senior Lecturer,
University of Birmingham; Honorary Associate Professor, University of Warwick. Specialty
areas: COPD, alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency, pulmonary embolism and venous
thromboembolic disease, sleep medicine. Research Interests; COPD, alpha 1-antitrypsin
deficiency, computed tomography and quantitative imaging.
Trauma and Orthopaedics
Giles Pattison
Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic and Trauma surgeon. Specialises in children’s bone and
joint problems including trauma.
Irene van der Ploeg
Consultant Paediatric Orthopaedic and Trauma surgeon specialising in paediatric
orthopaedics.
Dhushy Kumar
Consultant in Critical Care, Anaesthesia and helicopter emergency medicine services.
Richard King
Consultant orthopaedic consultant. Specialises in innovation and has designed the KingMark
to measure hips before surgery.
Alison Edwards
Consultant orthopaedic consultant specialising in upper limb and paediatrics.
Urogynaecologist
Margaret Spiteri
Consultant urogynaecologist specialising in dysfunction of the pelvic organs and the pelvic
floor.
Urology/Men's Health
Mr Ken Desi
Mr Desi’s areas of expertise are urological cancers in particular prostate cancer, as well as
benign conditions of the prostate, and erectile dysfunction.
Mr Tony Blacker
Consultant Urological Surgeon, specialising in laparoscopic kidney surgery and kidney
stones.
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How We Are Run
Trust Board
Led by the Chairman and Chief Executive, the Trust Board is the principal decision making
forum of the Trust. It comprises Executive Directors and Directors in attendance who are
paid by the Trust for particular roles within the organisation, and Non-Executive Directors
who are members of the community appointed by the independent NHS Appointments
Commission. The primary roles of the Trust Board are to:
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Set the strategic direction and key corporate objectives of the Trust
Monitor the Trust’s performance against those objectives
Be responsive to the local community and accountable to the Secretary of State for
services provided by the Trust
Ensure that the Trust fully complies with its statutory duties and the Code of Conduct and
Code of Accountability for NHS Boards issued by the Secretary of State for Health in
April 1994 (revised 2004)Public meetings of the Trust Board are held regularly and
provide the opportunity for staff, patients and the public to attend and to ask questions. In
addition, the Trust’s Annual Report is presented at the Annual Public Meeting. As part of
the Trust’s commitment to openness and accountability, the public is invited to attend any
public Trust Board meetings. All public Trust Board papers are published on the Trust’s
website.
Our Organisational Structure
Executive Directors
Andrew Hardy
Chief Executive Officer since June 2010
Andrew is responsible for meeting all the statutory requirements of the Trust and is the
Trust’s Accountable Officer to Parliament. He also leads on the Foundation Trust application.
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Richard Kennedy
Chief Medical Officer
Appointed August 2008, Richard is responsible for clinical governance, quality and patient
safety, information governance and non clinical risk and consultant appraisal. He joined the
Trust in 1988 as Consultant Obstetrician and Gynaecologist.
He is also Director of the Centre for Reproductive Medicine (CRM) and a Specialist Advisor
to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.
Dr Ann-Marie Cannaby
Chief Nursing and Operating Officer
Appointed February 2005 and responsible for infection control, safeguarding children,
nursing and midwifery. Ann-Marie joined the NHS in 1989 and was previously Head of
Nursing for Medicine and A&E Services for University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust.
Christine Watts
Chief Marketing Officer
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Appointed in May 2009 Christine joined the Trust from the private sector and is responsible
for all its communications with its staff, patients, partners and community and commercial
strategy. She also leads the public and patient involvement agenda, complaints, Patient
Advice and Liaison Service and ICT team.
Alan Jones
Acting Chief Finance Officer (since June 2010)
Alan is responsible for financial reporting, financial control, payroll and financial performance
management.
Ian Crich
Chief Human Resource Manager
Ian is Executive Director for estates (including Clinical Sciences Building, Private Finance
Initiative partnerships, environment and sustainability agendas), fire and security and library
services. These important areas will benefit from Ian’s focused leadership. He will also lead
on the equality and diversity agenda to ensure these are embedded in all of our Trust
practises and processes.
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UHCW NHS Trust Facts And Figures
Key facts
We have:
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Achieved a rating from patients regarding experience of care at the Trust that is
among the best in the country (National Inpatient Survey)
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Achieved a 40% reduction in MRSA and a 50% reduction in Clostridium difficile
infections in 2008/09
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Achieved and improved our performance against the three key targets for cancer
patients for the second successive year
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Have approximately 6,400 staff (more information on staff can be found in the Trust’s
Annual Report on our website at www.uhcw.nhs.uk)
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FAQs
1. What is the size of each of UHCW NHS Trust’s sites?
University Hospital in Coventry has 1,000 beds and its main corridor is a third of a mile
from end to end. The Hospital of St Cross has 200 beds.
2. What are the Trust’s areas of expertise?
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Cardiovascular disease
Neurosurgery
Stroke
Kidney transplants
Joint replacements
IVF
Diabetes
Cancer care
Trauma
3. Does UHCW have Foundation Trust status?
No, but UHCW is applying for NHS Foundation Trust status. The consultation period
closed in December 2009 and the final decision should be known during 2011.
4. How many staff are there at UHCW?
In total, there are 1,095 administrative and clerical staff (data taken from 31.03.09) and
5,294 clinical staff.
5. How many patients does UHCW NHS Trust treat in a year?
UHCW NHS Trust treats more than 800,000 patients every year and serves a population
of more than 1million people from across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
6. What is UHCW NHS Trust’s stance on mixed wards?
UHCW NHS Trust fully supports the NHS drive to eradicate mixed wards. The Trust has
invested £170,000 to improve single sex facilities at Hospital St Cross, Rugby.
More information on single sex accommodation can be found on the Trust website at:
www.uhcw.nhs.uk
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