Treatment centre
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Treatment centres are medical institutions in the United Kingdom
which provide routine diagnostic and surgery
procedures to day-case and short-stay patients. By diverting these patients away from hospital
s, they aim to reduce waiting lists
by allowing hospitals to concentrate on emergency and more complex elective cases. Treatment centres were set up as part of the 2002 National Health Service
(NHS) Plan to inject more money into the NHS.
The NHS Plan originally conceived of opening eight treatment centres by 2005, but by August 2005 at least 25 had already been opened, with more being planned. Most Treatment Centres are NHS-run, but some of them are run by the independent sector
.
There are now 46 NHS treatment centres open since 2003, they treat approximately 300,000 patients a year with high patient satisfaction (>94%).
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
which provide routine diagnostic and surgery
Surgery
Surgery is an ancient medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, or to help improve bodily function or appearance.An act of performing surgery may be called a surgical...
procedures to day-case and short-stay patients. By diverting these patients away from hospital
Hospital
A hospital is a health care institution providing patient treatment by specialized staff and equipment. Hospitals often, but not always, provide for inpatient care or longer-term patient stays....
s, they aim to reduce waiting lists
Queue area
Queue areas are places in which people queue for goods or services. Examples include checking out groceries or other goods that have been collected in a self service shop, in a shop without self service, at an ATM, at a ticket desk, a city bus, or in a taxi stand.Queueing is a phenomenon in a...
by allowing hospitals to concentrate on emergency and more complex elective cases. Treatment centres were set up as part of the 2002 National Health Service
National Health Service
The National Health Service is the shared name of three of the four publicly funded healthcare systems in the United Kingdom. They provide a comprehensive range of health services, the vast majority of which are free at the point of use to residents of the United Kingdom...
(NHS) Plan to inject more money into the NHS.
The NHS Plan originally conceived of opening eight treatment centres by 2005, but by August 2005 at least 25 had already been opened, with more being planned. Most Treatment Centres are NHS-run, but some of them are run by the independent sector
Independent Sector Treatment Centre
Independent sector treatment centres are private-sector owned treatment centres contracted within the English National Health Service to treat NHS patients free at the point of use, like any other NHS hospital. They are sometimes referred to as 'surgicentres' or ‘specialist hospitals’.ISTCs are...
.
There are now 46 NHS treatment centres open since 2003, they treat approximately 300,000 patients a year with high patient satisfaction (>94%).