A new cardiothoracic centre: 'how to do it?'.
All cardiac surgical patients, emergency and routine, from the South West peninsula of England had to travel long distances until 19 months ago, a stressful if not dangerous situation. This paper describes the planning, commissioning and start-up of a brand new cardiac surgical facility. The lessons learnt may help similar projects as provision of specialist health care decentralizes.
Lewis
T
T
South West Cardiothoracic Centre, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth.
Allen
S
S
Kuo
J
J
Unsworth-White
J
J
D002300:Cardiac Care Facilities / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004739:England; D006275:Health Facility Planning; D006276:Health Facility Size; D006801:Humans; D000078329:Workforce