Performance and achievements

Team working in catheter laboratoryIn 2015/16 we:

  • Cared for more than 190,000 patients in our outpatient clinics
  • Cared for more than 40,000 patients on our wards 
  • Recruited more than 4,400 patients into our research studies 
  • Opened a state-of-the-art hybrid theatre, which enables doctors to carry out different procedures for patients in the same session 
  • Were named as one of the best places to work by the Health Service Journal and Nursing Times 
  • Received 10,000 patient comments, 90 per cent of which were positive 
  • Performed the UK’s first surgical treatment for chronic bronchitis, which freezes diseased lung tissue using liquid nitrogen 
  • Received a 98 per cent recommendation score in the 2015/16 Friends and Family Test  
  • Pioneered the use of CardioMEMS microchip devices, which monitor heart failure remotely 
  • Performed 2,276 coronary angioplasties 
  • Produced more highly cited research publications (HCPs) than any other NHS trust in England

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