Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust | Latest NewsAll the Latest News from Southport and Ormskirk Hospital NHS TrustTrust launches phase two of cleanyourhands campaign- (Found July 15, 2008 ) According to the National Patient Safety Agencyandrsquo;s cleanyourhands campaign; andldquo;andhellip;improving hand hygiene goes back to the basics of patient care. There is no simple way of reducing health care associated infection but improving hand hygiene compliance can have a significant impact.andrdquo; Southport andamp; Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust was a leader in the campaign when it launched in February last year, and we have just launched phase two of the campaign.http://www.southportandormskirk.nhs.uk/news/news_item.asp?NewsID=141 98.6% rate childrens AandE good or better- (Found July 15, 2008 ) In a recent survey, it was found that 31% of patients attending the Childrenandrsquo;s Accident andamp; Emergency department at Ormskirk andamp; District General Hospital do not live in our traditional catchment area of West Lancashire and Southport andamp; Formby.http://www.southportandormskirk.nhs.uk/news/news_item.asp?NewsID=169 Tours of the maternity unit at Ormskirk- (Found July 15, 2008 ) Thinking of having a baby, or expecting a baby but not sure exactly where to have your baby To help you choose, why not come for a tour of the state-of-the-art facilities in the maternity unit at Ormskirk andamp; District General Hospitalhttp://www.southportandormskirk.nhs.uk/news/news_item.asp?NewsID=168 Can we have our equipment back, please- (Found July 15, 2008 ) Every day the Trust lends patients pieces of equipment to help with their recovery. Every day we ask them to bring them back when they have finished with them. Every day some of this equipment gets put into cupboards-under-the-stairs, backs of wardrobes, behind sofas and into garden sheds. We know this because unfortunately they do not come back to us. So please, can we have them backhttp://www.southportandormskirk.nhs.uk/news/news_item.asp?NewsID=167 Help raise money for mural for the children ward- (Found July 15, 2008 ) Any one who has had to visit the childrenandrsquo;s ward at Ormskirk andamp; District General Hospital will know that although the corridor to the ward is very clean and bright, it is also very plain. Hopefully it wonandrsquo;t be for much longer as the childrenandrsquo;s charity Mediquip for Kids has donated a substantial amount towards the painting of a mural by local artist Clare Wright. But staff are still having to raise andpound;2,000 towards the cost.http://www.southportandormskirk.nhs.uk/news/news_item.asp?NewsID=166 Trust maintains its position as top for cleanliness- (Found July 15, 2008 ) Figures published on Tuesday last week show that Southport andamp; Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust still has the lowest rate of MRSA Bloodstream infection of any general acute hospital in the country.andnbsp;andnbsp; Over the five and a half years that Trusts have had to report figures to the Department of Health, the Trust has reported the lowest percentage rate of any General Acute Trust in the country and a total of only 57 cases in the whole of that time.http://www.southportandormskirk.nhs.uk/news/news_item.asp?NewsID=165 Tiddlywinks to get new premises- (Found July 15, 2008 ) Tiddlywinks Nursery at Ormskirk andamp; District General Hospital is to move from its current home to newly refurbished accommodation elsewhere on the hospital site.andnbsp; After over 16 years in a building that has had various uses over the years including a nurseandrsquo;s social club, the nursery is to move to what was the doctorandrsquo;s mess in Ruffwood House.http://www.southportandormskirk.nhs.uk/news/news_item.asp?NewsID=164 Non-executive Director re-appointed to the Board- (Found July 15, 2008 ) Southport andamp; Ormskirk Hospital NHS Trust is pleased to announce that Mr Michael Eastwood has been re-appointed as a Non-executive Director of the Trust Board. Mr Eastwood, who lives in Southport first joined the Trust as a Non-executive Director in December 2002, and he has been re-appointed to serve until November 2010.http://www.southportandormskirk.nhs.uk/news/news_item.asp?NewsID=163 New Digital Flouroscopy facilities at Southport Hospital- (Found July 15, 2008 ) A new Digital Fluoroscopy room has opened at Southport andamp; Formby District General Hospital. The room will be used to perform contrast examinations which include Barium Enemas and Swallows, ERCP's and Urodynamics.http://www.southportandormskirk.nhs.uk/news/news_item.asp?NewsID=162 Trust hosts consultant exams- (Found July 15, 2008 ) Consultantsandnbsp; Dr. John Horsley and Dr Khalid Binymin, a Royal College of Physicians Tutor, made history for the hospital Trust by hosting the prestigious PACES examination on behalf of the Royal College of Physicians of London.http://www.southportandormskirk.nhs.uk/news/news_item.asp?NewsID=170 |