This case study examines the changes made to Warwick Hospital’s Endoscopy and Decontamination Department and how they’ve helped the Trust cope with increasing demands on the service.
The invention of the flexible endoscope just over 35 years ago marked the creation of an associated set of medical requirements regarding the appropriate handling and cleaning of a flexible endoscope and endoscope accessories. Since that time, the whole concept of endoscopy has modernised and updated at an exponential level resulting in a constantly evolving series of requirements, guidelines and demands on an endoscope and endoscope reprocessing. Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust is one Trust amongst many that face the daily struggle to not just maintain standards in an increasingly financially-challenged environment, but to constantly improve them despite the potential financial implications this might have.
Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust pride themselves on not only the creation of a clear and relevant mission statement, but also ensure that their everyday practices and business decisions reflect the purity of that statement by remaining relevant and focused on its key deliverables and principles.
With the project to update and improve their facility, Warwick Hospital’s Endoscopy and Decontamination Department has bought in to and delivered upon their Trust’s two key values as listed in their mission statement:
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