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An appendectomy (American English) or appendicectomy (British English) is a surgical operation in which the vermiform appendix (a portion of the intestine) is removed. Appendectomy is normally performed as an urgent or emergency procedure to treat complicated acute appendicitis .
An NHS foundation trust is a semi-autonomous organisational unit within the National Health Service in England.They have a degree of independence from the Department of Health and Social Care (and, until the abolition of SHAs in 2013, their local strategic health authority).
On 1 April 1999, the Weston Park Hospital NHS Trust was merged into the existing Central Sheffield University Hospitals NHS Trust, which subsequently merged with the Northern General Hospital NHS Trust on 1 April 2001 to create the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. The Trust was awarded Foundation status on 1 July 2004. [3]
It joined the National Health Service in 1948 and achieved NHS Trust status in 1994. [6] Following a major building programme, the Midlands Centre for Spinal Injuries re-opened in 2001. [2] The hospital was awarded NHS Foundation Trust status in August 2011. [6]
On 1 November 1991, operation of Northern General Hospital was transferred from the Sheffield Health Authority (dissolved on 1 April 1992) to the newly created Northern General Hospital NHS Trust. Lodge Moor Hospital was closed in 1994, with the treatment of chest and spinal injuries transferring to the Northern General Hospital. [ 3 ]
At St George's Hospital, on 6 December 1735, he performed the first recorded successful appendicectomy (which is the surgical removal of the vermiform appendix). [5] The patient was an 11-year boy named Hanvil Anderson who had an inguinal hernia combined with an acutely inflamed appendix.
Hospital in England Heatherwood Hospital Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust Heatherwood Hospital Location in Berkshire Geography Location Ascot, Berkshire, England, United Kingdom Coordinates 51°24′39″N 0°41′12″W / 51.410792°N 0.686782°W / 51.410792; -0.686782 Organisation Care system Public NHS Type District general Services Emergency department No. Has Minor Injuries ...
A King's Fund study of OECD data from 21 nations, revealed that the NHS has among the lowest numbers of doctors, nurses and hospital beds per capita in the western world. [58] In May 2018, it was said that nurses within the NHS said that patient care was compromised by the shortage of nurses and the lack of experienced nurses with the necessary ...