A planning application approved by Stevenage Borough Council reveals plans to bring the vast majority of the hospital’s cancer services under one roof, a proposal to nearly double the Lister’s chemotherapy capacity, dramatically reduce the cramped conditions for patients and staff, create a dedicated information and support centre for patients and families, as well as [...]
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Macmillan press release: Plans unveiled for £2.9 million cancer centre at the Lister Hospital
Monday, May 13th, 2013
Stevenage MP checks up on Lister’s emerging new emergency department
Thursday, May 9th, 2013
Stevenage MP Stephen McPartland was the first visitor from outside of the Trust to be shown round the Lister’s new emergency department extension, which is on track to open for initial use from August 2013. Once opened, the old A&E buildings will be refurbished in phases until the whole new £19.3 million department opens fully [...]
Trust records improvement across the board for 2012/13
Friday, May 3rd, 2013
Despite one of the most challenging economic environments for many years and against a back drop of major reform across health and social care, the Trust ended the 2012/13 year achieving virtually every standard set nationally, regionally and locally covering: Improving again the experience patients have of the care provided at the Trust’s hospitals; Maintaining [...]
Bedford’s new £1.5 million renal dialysis unit treats first patients
Monday, April 8th, 2013
Patients from Bedfordshire and surrounding areas have started to be treated at a new £1.5 million renal dialysis that the Trust has created with its specialist partner Diaverum UK in Bedford. The new unit, which is on Napier Road in the Elm Farm Industrial Estate on Bedford’s eastern outskirts close to the new A421 bypass, [...]
Mount Vernon gets £4.5 million radiotherapy upgrade
Tuesday, March 19th, 2013
As part of its on-going, rolling modernisation programme, the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre has replaced two of its oldest linear accelerators with state-of-the-art TrueBeamTM machines. The new facilities, which are costing £3.7 million to create, are able to deliver intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT), which provides patients with more accurate treatment than is possible with most [...]
Construction starts on Lister’s new £18.6 million ward block
Wednesday, March 13th, 2013
The Trust’s contractors – Integrated Health Projects – have started work on creating the Lister’s new £18.6 million 62-bed ward block that is being created at the front of the hospital’s £19 million emergency department extension that is already taking shape. The new services being created at the Lister, which also include a £20.5 million [...]
Trust staff report significant improvements following nationally run survey
Monday, March 4th, 2013
The results of this year’s annual NHS staff survey shows that those working for the Trust feel not only more engaged with the work that they do, their colleagues and the overall organisation compared to 2011, but also their level of engagement is better than the average score achieved by similar hospital groups across the country. This welcome news [...]
Lister and QEII hospitals served by new Roman Catholic chaplains
Monday, March 4th, 2013
At a special ceremony held in the Lister hospital’s chapel, the Right Reverend Bishop John Sherrington – the Auxiliary Bishop of Westminster – commissioned two new Roman Catholic chaplains to join the Trust’s chaplaincy team supporting patients at the Lister and QEII hospitals, as well as the Mount Vernon Cancer Centre. The new chaplains, Jacqueline [...]
Trust’s wards get to grip with pressure ulcers
Monday, February 18th, 2013
Pressure ulcers are not only a painful injury, they can also prolong someone’s stay in hospital – and in worst case scenarios, may even be a contributing factor to their death. This is why the latest figures are very welcome news indeed, with recorded pressure ulcers at the Lister and QEII now at an all [...]
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