MEDICS and hospital staff have been given recognition as being one of the leading departments in the country.

The Trauma and Orthopaedics service at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust have been awarded a number of NHS accolades for their work and patient outcomes.

The NHS Advancing Quality Programme (AQP) which aims to improve standards of healthcare provided in NHS hospitals across the North West of England and focuses on clinical areas which affect many patients in the region, awarded the Trust second place of the top three performing Trusts in the North West in for ‘Hip and Knee’ and ‘Community Acquired Pneumonia’.

This is the third major achievement for the service this year which is led by Mr Kamath.

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The other accolades were the Trauma and Orthopaedics department at the Trust awarded one of the top five in England in the outcomes collected from PROMs (Patient Reported Outcome Measures) data nationally, following total joint replacements based on patient feedback both before and after their surgery.

The team based at the Royal Blackburn Hospital, led by consultant Mr Shah, was also placed in the top five of all 182 eligible trusts in England for fracture neck of femur (hip fracture) management.

The trust has met the standards for hip fracture management from admission including effective pain management, surgery on day of or after admission on a planned trauma list by senior staff, early supported discharge and falls assessment.

Mr Makaram Srinivasan, clinical director for trauma and orthopaedics at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, said: “This is a fantastic achievement for all the teams who work so hard in both the emergency and planned aspect of orthopaedics.

“Our patient feedback tells us that we are certainly getting our care and treatment right and improving outcomes for all the patients we see in the service.”

Patient Betty, who was recovering from emergency hip fracture surgery, agreed with the accolade and said that she was receiving first class treatment.

She added: “All the staff I’ve seen have been truly wonderful and are getting me on the road to recovery.”

Trauma and orthopaedic surgery deals primarily with injuries, congenital and acquired disorders of the bones, and joints and their associated soft tissues, including ligaments, nerves and muscles.