Tag: Hospital

Ambulance: Ready to Respond

Inspired by his colleagues and the lives they touch  As a Leading Ambulance Paramedic, Gary Vibert has administrative and line-manager responsibility for paramedics, ambulance technicians and emergency care assistants but maintains a front-line role by attending serious incidents.   His route to the career with the States of Jersey Ambulance Service came via a mid-life career-change … Read more Ambulance: Ready to Respond

A rewarding and fulfilling career responding to those in need 

  Charlotte Sutcliffe has been a paramedic for ten years having been inspired to join the ambulance service after witnessing emergency responders during the events of 9/11.  She joined the Yorkshire Ambulance Service in 2014 after completing the Paramedic Practice Degree and then worked on a double-crewed ambulance in Leeds city centre before joining the … Read more A rewarding and fulfilling career responding to those in need 

New Healthcare Facilities: Construction and Supplier Forum – exploring opportunities for the local sector

The New Healthcare Facilities team gives an update on construction industry engagement. The New Healthcare Facilities team has been keen to make an early start on engaging with the local construction sector, as we hope they will all have a role to play in delivering infrastructure and buildings for vital healthcare services. Last week we … Read more New Healthcare Facilities: Construction and Supplier Forum – exploring opportunities for the local sector

New Healthcare Facilities Programme: The preferred option and the next steps

New Healthcare Facilities Feasibility Study: How will we ensure value for money?

Our new plan for multi-site Healthcare Facilities will deliver a third more space than the previous project; which means delivering services that were not in the brief for Our Hospital like rehab care, step down care, and therapies including Hydrotherapy. We’ve made a commitment to deliver healthcare facilities in a cost-effective way that represents the … Read more New Healthcare Facilities Feasibility Study: How will we ensure value for money?

New Healthcare Facilities Feasibility Study: What happens next?

We will now enter a month of consultation with Islanders, before the final version of the Feasibility Study Report is presented to the States Assembly in early July 2023. This will include engagement with: We’ll be releasing details of the various methods of engagement shortly and will be reaching out to the residents of Overdale, … Read more New Healthcare Facilities Feasibility Study: What happens next?

New Healthcare Facilities Feasibility Study: Why is multi-site healthcare better than a single hospital?

While developing the Feasibility Study, the Programme team have also been preparing the Strategic Outline Case (SOC) for the new healthcare facilities. The SOC basically sets out the strategic reasons for the Programme: to deliver fit for purpose healthcare facilities for all Islanders now and in the future, to replace the outdated and inefficient facilities … Read more New Healthcare Facilities Feasibility Study: Why is multi-site healthcare better than a single hospital?

New Healthcare Facilities Feasibility Study: Why was Option B selected?

New Healthcare Facilities Feasibility Study: How did we evaluate the two options?

The two options for multi-site healthcare have been assessed against a series of criteria that link back to the Programme’s Critical Success Factors. As a reminder, they are: Option A: Acute (Inpatients) at Kensington Place and Ambulatory (Outpatients) at Overdale. Option B: Acute (Inpatients) at Overdale and Ambulatory (Outpatients) at Kensington Place. The options were … Read more New Healthcare Facilities Feasibility Study: How did we evaluate the two options?

New Healthcare Facilities Feasibility Study: What are the two options for multi-site healthcare?

In a previous blog post we discussed what goes into creating a Feasibility Study, and how the NHFP team were engaging with Health and Community Services (HCS) staff to produce their report.   The NHFP Feasibility Study looked at two options for multi-site healthcare delivery in Jersey. Both options are based on what is called … Read more New Healthcare Facilities Feasibility Study: What are the two options for multi-site healthcare?