11 July 2011
The new £3 million state-of-the-art Critical Care Unit opens its doors in just a few weeks time, the culmination of a four year programme of development, expansion and renewal of The Lister Hospital.
One of London’s most distinguished consultant intensivists and ITU planners, Dr Craig Carr, who will be the Clinical Lead of the unit has helped plan the unit and its nursing structure.
The Critical Care Unit will have a team of four consultant intensivists including Dr Carr, four senior intensivist research fellows and around 40 experienced and highly qualified intensive care nurses.
The unit will meet all the recommendations of the Intensive Care Society and will cater for the Level 2 and Level 3 needs of our patients and doctors. Hospital Chief Executive Officer Mr James Barr said the project stemmed from talks with GPs and consultants several years ago.
“GPs told us The Lister should cater for a wider range of patients, many of whom had co-morbidities and needed both planned critical back-up as well as having Level 3 facilities available if an emergency did arise,” he said.
“All of us believed that this unit should be consultant led and we are very fortunate that one of the most distinguished experts in the field of critical care, Dr Craig Carr, agreed to be Clinical Lead and to gather a team of highly respected consultants to join him. He and his colleagues have also recruited a team of intensivist research fellows to work with the team.”
“Secondly we agreed at an early stage that our nursing staff would be permanent members of staff and that using temporary or bank staff was simply not good enough. All our decisions have been made with the best interest of patients in mind,” said Mr Barr.
“The opening of the CCU will mark the culmination of a £20 million plus programme of investment and expansion in The Lister. Five years ago we had just one facility – the main hospital. Now we have the Chelsea Outpatient Centre with 70 consultants at 280 Kings Road; our first private GP centre at 2 Lower Sloane Street and now, another private GP building at 272 Kings Road, all offering the highest standard of care for our patients.”
To read more view our Special Edition: The Lister Newsletter Issue 11
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