Unit 4 Assignment A
The focus of this research is Whipps cross hospital (which is run by the
National health service) in Leytonstone East London E11 1NR. The
hospitals opening hours are from Monday to Friday 9am-5pm, welcoming
diversified patients from different backgrounds as more than 40
languages are spoken at the hospital assisting people who have language
difficulties. Whipps cross aims for the care and safety of patients ensuring
that their patients always get support and are either cured or treated. The
organisation serves a diverse local population of more than 350,000
people from Waltham Forest, Epping Forest, Redbridge and further afield.
Typically, in a day, the trust treats 931 A&E patients and approximately
1.3 million outpatients a year as they have a great reputation for
providing a full range of services such as maternity, urology, radiology,
audiology, cardiology, colorectal surgery, cancer care, acute stroke care
and a service of 24-hour A&E urgent care centre.
Whipps cross hospital ensures high standards of health and safety as
currently due to COVID-19 they are making sure that masks have been
given out to patients who don’t have a mask, plenty of hand sanitises
available throughout the whole hospital and social distancing rules are put
in place at the hospital to avoid the spread of COVID , so anyone that
does not adhere to the regulations will be kicked out of the hospital as
legislations are put in place for people's health & safety .
Moreover, the departments that are focused on in this research are
maternity and radiology. The maternity department helps with pregnancy
and child births and their main aims are for mothers to report a good
experience, to encourage normality in births by reducing unnecessary
interventions, to promote public health with a focus on reducing
inequalities. Furthermore, radiology is a medical speciality that uses
imaging to diagnose and treat diseases seen within the body. Radiologists
use a range of imaging techniques such as: X-ray, ultrasound, computed
tomography (CT), nuclear medicine including positron emission
tomography (PET), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to diagnose or
treat diseases.
The potential hazards for the maternity department is shown in the table
below with legislations that need to be adhered to by the organisation:
Maternity hazards and legislation:
Zone Hazard Level of Minimising the risk Regulation
Risk
-In an 4 -Speed limits, - -schedule vehicle
Entrance / emergency you designated parking and movements to
, parking area could have drop off zones prevent
injuries due to -sign posting. overcrowding unles
car collisions. s it’s A and E.
-Many people
could come in at
the same time
so it could cause
collisions
possibly injuries
Pregnant people 3 -Add security
Waiting room could have -post signs reminding
extreme pain – that aggression Masks should
could be towards the NHS isn’t be always kept
aggressive tolerated. on to prevent the
towards people spread of covid.
-start fights
-Transmission of
germs as there
may be lots
of people.
-If equipment is 5 -Sanitize equipment th
Labour ward not sanitized it at will be conducted - frequent
could lead to -bring nurses to hold handwashing
infection. the patient's hand and reduces the
-patient could calm them down if potential for
be in panic wanted. coronavirus to
mode which can spread.
be harmful to
the baby
Post delivery -If Temperature 4 Include a temperature Good ventilation (air
levels fall system and make sure conditioning) can
below a certain the temperature is help reduce the risk
level then it can consistently checked of spreading
be harmful to coronavirus.
the patient and
the baby.
-Patient could
get infections if
the room and
equipment is
not sanitised
Recovery ward -patient's 5 -Need to
condition could be monitored by a New mothers should
deteriorate if nurse regularly to be kept away from
not monitored. check that the patient any infectious disease
-if the patient is has had their s and radioactive
The focus of this research is Whipps cross hospital (which is run by the
National health service) in Leytonstone East London E11 1NR. The
hospitals opening hours are from Monday to Friday 9am-5pm, welcoming
diversified patients from different backgrounds as more than 40
languages are spoken at the hospital assisting people who have language
difficulties. Whipps cross aims for the care and safety of patients ensuring
that their patients always get support and are either cured or treated. The
organisation serves a diverse local population of more than 350,000
people from Waltham Forest, Epping Forest, Redbridge and further afield.
Typically, in a day, the trust treats 931 A&E patients and approximately
1.3 million outpatients a year as they have a great reputation for
providing a full range of services such as maternity, urology, radiology,
audiology, cardiology, colorectal surgery, cancer care, acute stroke care
and a service of 24-hour A&E urgent care centre.
Whipps cross hospital ensures high standards of health and safety as
currently due to COVID-19 they are making sure that masks have been
given out to patients who don’t have a mask, plenty of hand sanitises
available throughout the whole hospital and social distancing rules are put
in place at the hospital to avoid the spread of COVID , so anyone that
does not adhere to the regulations will be kicked out of the hospital as
legislations are put in place for people's health & safety .
Moreover, the departments that are focused on in this research are
maternity and radiology. The maternity department helps with pregnancy
and child births and their main aims are for mothers to report a good
experience, to encourage normality in births by reducing unnecessary
interventions, to promote public health with a focus on reducing
inequalities. Furthermore, radiology is a medical speciality that uses
imaging to diagnose and treat diseases seen within the body. Radiologists
use a range of imaging techniques such as: X-ray, ultrasound, computed
tomography (CT), nuclear medicine including positron emission
tomography (PET), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to diagnose or
treat diseases.
The potential hazards for the maternity department is shown in the table
below with legislations that need to be adhered to by the organisation:
Maternity hazards and legislation:
Zone Hazard Level of Minimising the risk Regulation
Risk
-In an 4 -Speed limits, - -schedule vehicle
Entrance / emergency you designated parking and movements to
, parking area could have drop off zones prevent
injuries due to -sign posting. overcrowding unles
car collisions. s it’s A and E.
-Many people
could come in at
the same time
so it could cause
collisions
possibly injuries
Pregnant people 3 -Add security
Waiting room could have -post signs reminding
extreme pain – that aggression Masks should
could be towards the NHS isn’t be always kept
aggressive tolerated. on to prevent the
towards people spread of covid.
-start fights
-Transmission of
germs as there
may be lots
of people.
-If equipment is 5 -Sanitize equipment th
Labour ward not sanitized it at will be conducted - frequent
could lead to -bring nurses to hold handwashing
infection. the patient's hand and reduces the
-patient could calm them down if potential for
be in panic wanted. coronavirus to
mode which can spread.
be harmful to
the baby
Post delivery -If Temperature 4 Include a temperature Good ventilation (air
levels fall system and make sure conditioning) can
below a certain the temperature is help reduce the risk
level then it can consistently checked of spreading
be harmful to coronavirus.
the patient and
the baby.
-Patient could
get infections if
the room and
equipment is
not sanitised
Recovery ward -patient's 5 -Need to
condition could be monitored by a New mothers should
deteriorate if nurse regularly to be kept away from
not monitored. check that the patient any infectious disease
-if the patient is has had their s and radioactive
