Expansion of Heart, Lung and Diagnostic Services
Heart, Lung and Diagnostics Services (HLDS) is the largest Directorate within the hospital regarding workforce. It provides the second largest cardiology unit in the UK, is one of three of the largest thoracic units within the UK and has the fourth largest cwardiac unit in the UK, along with a growing cardiac imaging centre. HLDS has the following aims:
- to be an international centre of excellence;
- to maintain growth and development;
- to create and carry out world-class research;
- to be a provider of excellence in education;
- to be a preferential employer; and
- to have a sustainable workforce.
In 2023/2024 HLDS has the following strategic priorities, which will impact on the workforce:
- to increase capacity within Radiology by:
- using five/seven working;
- introducing a third CT scanner and a fifth MRI scanner;
- redesigning the medical workforce;
- supporting Ca pathways; and
- expanding capability within laboratories;
- to increase capacity within Interventional Cardiology;
- to increase capacity within Cardiac Surgery by: further extending the working day and prehabilitation; and
- introducing mitral/aortic strategies;
- to increase capacity within Thoracic Surgery by: recruiting a sixth surgeon;
- increasing the use of robotics; and
- increasing lung Ca screening;
- to increase capacity and flex within Critical Care; and
- to increase capacity within the National Services Division, including retrieval.
