Papworth Hospital

Description

Vision Statement
At Papworth Hospital our vision is to be the leading hospital providing excellence in specialist heart and lung patient care based on research education and innovation Our focus is growth value and effectiveness with a commitment to the highest levels of clinical quality and providing the best standards of personalised care possible to our patients

Central to realising and maintaining the Trusts vision is the provision of the new Papworth Hospital the development of the associated Papworth Cardiorespiratory Research Institute a joint venture with the University of Cambridge financed by a major fundraising appeal and driving forward innovation under the auspices of Cambridge University Health Partners

To ensure delivery of Papworth Hospitals vision there is a wide range of key priorities for the Trust which must be achieved in the three years covered by the plan These are set out within the strategic planning templates that follow These priorities are crossreferenced to Papworth Hospitals ten principal objectives These were agreed by the Board of Directors in 20092010 and remain relevant for 20102011

History

History
As a physician I came to heal and in helping I became morea tradesman a manufacturer a financier a sociologist and an administrator And no one has helped me more than many of the men I tried to help Sir Pendrill VarrierJones 18831941 physician social pioneer and founder of Papworth Village Settlement

Whilst in more recent years Papworth Hospital is more associated with clinical excellence in the delivery of cardiothoracic services most notably heart and lung transplantation its history is fascinating and unique

Prior to the First World War up to 75000 men and women were dying each year from tuberculosis The disease was considered to be a threat to national efficiency and one of the most formidable enemies of the race Sir George Newman Chief Medical Officer 1919

Following research at Cambridge University VarrierJones concluded that the welfare of the tuberculous patient depended not only on appropriate treatment but also a nourishing diet and access to plentiful supplies of fresh air It was these conclusions that led first to the establishment in 1916 of the Cambridgeshire Tuberculosis Colony in the village of Bourn and later in 1918 further expansion at Papworth Hall Patients came for more than a spell of treatment and brief rehabilitation they had access to financial support and paid work thereby facilitating longerterm treatment and recovery from the disease VarrierJones developed the Papworth Industries to provide employment for the patients The industries were financially very successful and expanded right up to 1957 and included the coachworks manufacturer of the Green Goddess fire engines After this date the principle of supporting people into independent living was extended to a broader range of disabilities leading to the creation of The Papworth Trust

The hospital itself was inherited by the newly formed National Health Service in 1948 Papworth Hospital quickly established itself as one of the regions leading hospitals initially developing thoracic surgery followed by cardiac surgery and cardiology In 1979 Papworth Hospital gained national attention when Sir Terence English performed the UKs first successful heart transplant

Papworth Hospital and Village Settlement Pendrill VarrierJones Dream Realised by Dr Eleanor Birks Published by Papworth Hospital 1999 Copies available to buy from the Papworth Hospital gift shop or you can order a copy by post All proceeds to Papworth Hospital Charitable Trust

1960 First operation using a heart and lung bypass machine

1962 First heart valve inserted in a patient

1967 First transvenous permanent cardiac pacemaker inserted

1979 First UK successful heart transplantation

1982 Coronary angioplasty commences

1984 UKs first successful heart and lung transplantation and Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit opens

1985 Worlds first transbronchial biopsy to detect rejection in lung transplants

1986 Worlds first heart lung and liver transplant

1988 Papworths first single lung transplant

1991 First implantable defibrillator inserted 1991 and first bilateral lung transplant

1992 The Respiratory Support and Sleep Centre opens and first Ventricular Assist Device implant

1993 First operation using a heart laser

1994 The adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre opens

1994 First implantable LVAD Left Ventricular Assist Device operation

1996 1000th transplant patient

1997 First percutaneous myocardial laser therapy for the treatment of refractory angina

2001 UK National Centre for pulmonary endarterectomy surgery established

2004 25 years of heart transplant

2005 Longest surviving heart transplant patient celebrates 25 years and longest surviving heart and lung transplant patient celebrates 20 years

2006 UKs first beating heart transplant

2008 247 Heart Attack Centre commences known as the Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention PPCI Service

2009 First subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator SCID implanted