NWS are able to provide a wide spectrum of procedures in the specialities of ophthalmology (cataracts), general surgery (hernia repairs, laparoscopic cholecystectomies), vascular surgery (varicose veins), urological surgery (TURP's), gynaecological surgery (hysterectomy) and orthopaedics (lower limb joint replacement, arthroscopy, foot surgery, ACL repairs and shoulder surgery).
What does NWS offer the NHS?
NWS is a developing service. Our aim is to provide purchasers (such as GPs and PCTs) with a reliable, high quality and affordable alternative in support of the Choice Agenda.
How do we work with you?
When a patient under your care makes a choice to have their elective procedure undertaken by NWS, they will be provided with our highest quality patient-centred service.
A member of the NWS administration team will contact the patient by telephone and arrange a convenient date for a pre-assessment appointment with a specialist. A date will be booked at the most convenient time for them. All appointments will be confirmed in writing.
All elective surgical procedures are performed by consultant surgeons and consultant anaesthetists who have significant experience in their area of speciality. Patients will be offered a choice of consultant whenever possible.
It is important to NWS that communication with both referrers and patients is of an excellent standard. NWS welcomes comments, thoughts, critiques and new ideas from GP and primary care colleagues.
NWS undertakes patient satisfaction audits of every patient treated and shares that information with referrers. Clinical audits are also maintained and evaluated.
The healthcare agenda is changing rapidly, both locally and nationally. In response to the rapid change, NWS is constantly updating and developing its profile to ensure that commissioner and patient expectations are met. Opportunities are presenting themselves for Primary Care Providers to shape the way in which healthcare may be developed for their local population. Traditional sources of secondary care are being expanded upon and there is now more choice available to you as a Primary Care Provider. NWS is one of those choices. We are developing pathways of care, in line with your needs, to support primary care in the management of a broader spectrum of care packages; elective surgery is just one choice. Primary Care Providers can make choices about how and where patients who require other forms of treatment and care will go. Examples of this include Diagnostics and Chronic Disease Management.
NWS is aware of the ever-changing healthcare agenda. Care delivered in the community close to the patient's home is becoming increasingly important. How to best work closely with primary care, around models of care that differ from the traditional secondary care models, is something that NWS is exploring further. NWS is reshaping and redesigning models of care to both suit patient and primary care needs.
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If you would like to speak to one of the team about how NWS can become a provider for you and the patients under your care, please contact us.