• 28.8% of patients were removed from the waiting list in line with the Royal Free Hospital’s access policy.
ii) Norfolk & Waveney Integrated Care System (ICS) - Norfolk & Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NNUH), James Paget University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (JPUH) & Queen Elizabeth Kings Lynn Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (QEH)
Community Ambulatory Echocardiogram (ECG) Service
As part of the National Elective Care Recovery (ECR) programme, Norfolk and Waveney CCG (NWCCG) commissioned NNPC to provide a Community Diagnostic Ambulatory ECG Service. The primary aim was to support the James Paget University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (JPUH) and Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn NHS Foundation Trust (QEH) by providing a high-quality ambulatory diagnostic cardiology service that enabled patients to have a package of care delivered at home instead of attending the acute provider for the supply, fitting & recording of ECG monitors across the Norfolk & Waveney system. The service provided a capacity solution to reduce the current pressures in cardiology for access to ECG services by using digital technology combined with the use of virtual review of the results and the delivery of a management plan to the referrer. Patients currently on the waiting list for an ECG test at the JPUH & QEH were diverted to the new community service, which reduced waiting times experienced by patients and freed up capacity for the acute hospitals.
The service was delivered in partnership with Neo Health Tech and Capitol Medicare.
The service started with JPUH on the 8 th March 2022 and closed on the 2 nd September 2022. The majority of the patients (83%) of patients were seen in the first 3 months of the service.
In total 833 patients were referred to the service from the JPUH.
Of the 833 patients that were processed by the service:
629 patients completed tests.
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• 5 patients had urgent findings identified and were escalated to the Cardiology Department at the JPUH • 204 were discharged back to the JPUH. The service started with QEH on 20 th May 2022 and closed on 8 th September 2022. The majority of the patients (99%) of patients were seen in the first 3 months of the service.
In total 303 patients were referred to the service from the QEH.
Of the 303 patients that were processed by the service:
194 patients completed tests.
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• 0 patients had urgent findings identified and were escalated. • 109 were discharged back to the QEH.
NNPC Quality Account 2022/23
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