** Vision Statement **
At Papworth Hospital our vision is to be the leading hospital providing excellence in specialist heart and lung patient care, based on research, education and innovation. Our focus is growth, value and effectiveness, with a commitment to the highest levels of clinical quality and providing the best standards of personalised care possible to our patients.
Central to realising and maintaining the Trust’s vision is the provision of the new Papworth Hospital, the development of the associated Papworth Cardiorespiratory Research Institute (a joint venture with the University of Cambridge) financed by a major fundraising appeal and driving forward innovation under the auspices of Cambridge University Health Partners.
To ensure delivery of Papworth Hospital’s vision there is a wide range of key priorities for the Trust, which must be achieved in the three years covered by the plan. These are set out within the strategic planning templates that follow. These priorities are cross-referenced to Papworth Hospital’s ten principal objectives. These were agreed by the Board of Directors in 2009/2010 and remain relevant for 2010/2011.
History Of Papworth Hospital
** History **
“As a physician I came to heal, and in helping I became more…a tradesman, a manufacturer, a financier, a sociologist and an administrator. And no one has helped me more than many of the men I tried to help.” Sir Pendrill Varrier-Jones (1883-1941) - physician, social pioneer and founder of Papworth Village Settlement.*
Whilst in more recent years Papworth Hospital is more associated with clinical excellence in the delivery of cardiothoracic services most notably heart and lung transplantation, its history is fascinating and unique.
Prior to the First World War, up to 75,000 men and women were dying each year from tuberculosis. The disease was considered to be a threat to national efficiency, and “one of the most formidable enemies of the race” - Sir George Newman, Chief Medical Officer, 1919.*
Following research at Cambridge University, Varrier-Jones concluded that the welfare of the tuberculous patient depended not only on appropriate treatment but also a nourishing diet and access to plentiful supplies of fresh air. It was these conclusions that led first to the establishment in 1916 of the Cambridgeshire Tuberculosis Colony in the village of Bourn, and later in 1918 further expansion at Papworth Hall. Patients came for more than a spell of treatment and brief rehabilitation; they had access to financial support and paid work thereby facilitating longer-term treatment and recovery from the disease. Varrier-Jones developed the Papworth Industries to provide employment for the patients. The industries were financially very successful and expanded right up to 1957 (and included the coachworks manufacturer of the Green Goddess fire engines). After this date the principle of supporting people into independent living was extended to a broader range of disabilities, leading to the creation of The Papworth Trust.
The hospital itself was inherited by the newly formed National Health Service in 1948. Papworth Hospital quickly established itself as one of the region’s leading hospitals initially developing thoracic surgery followed by cardiac surgery and cardiology. In 1979, Papworth Hospital gained national attention when Sir Terence English performed the UK’s first successful heart transplant.
* Papworth Hospital and Village Settlement - Pendrill Varrier-Jones’ Dream Realised, by Dr Eleanor Birks. (Published by Papworth Hospital, 1999). Copies available to buy from the Papworth Hospital gift shop or you can order a copy by post. All proceeds to Papworth Hospital Charitable Trust.
1960 First operation using a heart and lung bypass machine
1962 First heart valve inserted in a patient
1967 First transvenous permanent cardiac pacemaker inserted
1979 First UK successful heart transplantation
1982 Coronary angioplasty commences
1984 UK’s first successful heart and lung transplantation; and Pulmonary Vascular Disease Unit opens
1985 World’s first transbronchial biopsy to detect rejection in lung transplants
1986 World’s first heart, lung and liver transplant
1988 Papworth’s first single lung transplant
1991 First implantable defibrillator inserted 1991; and first bi-lateral lung transplant
1992 The Respiratory Support and Sleep Centre opens; and first Ventricular Assist Device implant
1993 First operation using a heart laser
1994 The adult Cystic Fibrosis Centre opens
1994 First implantable LVAD (Left Ventricular Assist Device) operation
1996 1,000th transplant patient
1997 First percutaneous myocardial laser therapy for the treatment of refractory angina
2001 UK National Centre for pulmonary endarterectomy surgery established
2004 25 years of heart transplant
2005 Longest surviving heart transplant patient celebrates 25 years and longest surviving heart and lung transplant patient celebrates 20 years.
2006 UK’s first beating heart transplant
2008 24/7 ‘Heart Attack Centre’ commences known as the Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PPCI) Service
2009 First subcutaneous implantable cardioverter defibrillator (S-CID) implanted.
