The hip fracture clinic at St. Helier hospital has been named the best in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. This valuable clinic would be lost if St.Helier’s A&E services were cut. The National Hip Fracture Database Report 2013, which measured 180 clinics across the country, found that:

·         The time it takes for a patient at St Helier to go to surgery following admission has reduced from 47 hours in 2010 to 19.8 hours in 2013, against a national average of 31.7 hours.  This makes the Trust the third highest achieving in the country for the percentage of patients operated on the day of or day after admission.

·         99% of patients receive a bone health and falls risk assessment before being discharged, ensuring that they will be better able to cope at home and reducing the chance of a similar injury occurring again.  That’s against a national average of 93% and 92% respectively.

·          89% of patients were assessed by an orthogeriatrican (a medical specialist skilled in the care of elderly patients who have a fracture) before they go in for surgery (the national average is 43%).

·         93.5% of patients have surgery within 48 hours of coming to hospital (against an average of 53%).

St. Helier is doing a fantastic job and this shows we have to do all we can to protect our outstanding local hospital. Sign the petition at http://bit.ly/15cZJMf.