Service Innovations and Developments available through TrusTECH http://trustech.org.uk/news/service-innovation-bulletin.htm Thu, 01 Jan 1970 GMT Thu, 21 Aug 2008 GMT The pre-dialysis patient education pathway is an element of the pre-dialysis service delivered by a dedicated pre-dialysis team. The aims of the service include monitoring, supporting, educating and coordinating... http://www.trustech.org.uk/news/service-innovation-bulletin/acute-trusts.htm#PreDialPatEduc Physiotherapists teach tissue stretching techniques to the patient and their carer/partner, resulting in patients being less dependent on physiotherapy services as they are able to use the technique themselves.... http://www.trustech.org.uk/news/service-innovation-bulletin/acute-trusts.htm#StretchingBacktoHealth The single most common reason for cancellation of major elective surgery is due to the lack of availability of High Dependency Unit (HDU) beds following surgery. The beds may have been used for emergency... http://www.trustech.org.uk/news/service-innovation-bulletin/acute-trusts.htm#ActManCriticalCareDemandES The One Stop Transplant/Dermatology clinic is a joint clinic between Transplantation and Dermatology services for the early detection and treatment of skin cancer in organ recipients. It was developed... http://www.trustech.org.uk/news/service-innovation-bulletin/acute-trusts.htm#Onestoptransderm A structured Link Nurse Programme to support the work of the Pain Specialist Team. The service aims to improve the quality of care for patients, by ensuring that awareness of pain management issues improves... http://www.trustech.org.uk/news/service-innovation-bulletin/acute-trusts.htm#Painlinknurse According to a report published in 2007 by the Association of Public Health Observatories in England, months of life lost and mortality attributable to alcohol are increasing in the North West. Increases... http://www.trustech.org.uk/news/service-innovation-bulletin/acute-trusts.htm#Alcoholservicesacute Salford Royal Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust The service is led by an Advanced Practitioner and is positioned within renal services; many cases are complex with multiple co-morbidities. The objectives... http://www.trustech.org.uk/news/service-innovation-bulletin/acute-trusts.htm#NurseLedVascularRisk Central Manchester and Manchester Children’s Hospitals NHS Trust A Physiotherapist-led, out-patient post-Intensive Therapy Unit (ITU) rehabilitation programme has been developed, consisting... http://www.trustech.org.uk/news/service-innovation-bulletin/acute-trusts.htm#PostITU Comprehensive audit tools to monitor the quality of nursing care/the service based on essence of care standards, standards for better health and other key indicators (e.g. pressure ulcer incidence,... http://www.trustech.org.uk/news/service-innovation-bulletin/acute-trusts.htm#NurseQualityAss This service offers a collaborative and effective approach to smoking cessation. It was established to overcome a lack of standardised procedures in the acute setting (questioning, documenting, patient... http://www.trustech.org.uk/news/service-innovation-bulletin/acute-trusts.htm#Smoking