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Liverpool
construction site sets the scene for national rescue programme
THE St John Bosco Arts
College construction site in Liverpool has played a key part in
improving the national emergency services in the UK as part of a
national Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Programme (JESIP).
The £18.2m arts college, being built by VINCI Construction UK, set
the scene for a large scale 'live play' exercise based on a
major incident in the Merseyside area.
The incident was based on the mock up of a bus crashing into the
former St John Bosco Arts College, which VINCI Construction UK is
demolishing over the next months.
The aim of the programme is to
ensure the blue light; Police, Fire fighters and Ambulance services; work effectively together when responding to a major incident.
Running for over 14 hours, the exercise involved 1,000 people from
the Merseyside Police Service, Merseyside Fire and Rescue Service,
North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust, RAF Search and Rescue, an army
Chinook Helicopter and the full support from the VINCI Construction
UK construction team.
John Fowler, Project Manager from VINCI Construction UK, said:-
"We welcomed this exercise wholeheartedly as we strongly support
the programme's objective, and we hope our project site was able to
enhance their services even further. It was exciting to watch!"
The St John Bosco Arts College
comprises a
3 storey girls' Catholic Comprehensive School for pupils aged
11 to 18. Specialising in the arts, the new building provides a new
performance area, as well as an all-weather sports pitch and a
multi-games area located in the middle of the development. |
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International
recognition for radiotherapy standards at local cancer centre
THE Clatterbridge Cancer
Centre's radiotherapy treatment centre based on the Aintree
University Hospital site in Liverpool has received international
recognition for rigorous standards in radiosurgery, where high doses
of radiation are used to treat patients.
The treatment centre was accredited as a 'Novalis Certified Radiosurgey
Centre' at a ceremony in Liverpool attended by leading
international clinicians specialising in brain and extracranial
conditions.
Along with The Christie at Salford Royal and The Edinburgh Cancer
Centre, the three centres are the first in Europe to receive this
acclaim and are now certified for their high quality of cancer
treatment with radiosurgery, radiation therapy and their commitment
to patient safety. "We are delighted to be one of
the first cancer centres in Europe to receive this certification. As
one of the largest radiotherapy treatment centres in the UK, patient
safety is paramount to the Trust, and the fact that our procedures
for highly complex treatments have been assessed and approved to
this international standard helps to ensure that our staff and
patients know we are adhering to high quality standards of patient
safety." said Dr. Brian
Haylock, Clinical Director for Radiation Services at The
Clatterbridge Cancer Centre.
The accreditation came following audits carried out by Novalis
Circle, an independent network of specialist clinicians dedicated to
advancing radiosurgery worldwide.
Each centre was measured on the quality and safety of procedures for
stereotatctic radiosurgery and stereotactic body radiation and was
required to demonstrate best practice at each step of the clinical,
support and administrative process.
The Clatterbridge Cancer Centre based in Wirral houses one of the
largest radiotherapy departments in the UK. Their £17m purpose built
treatment centre on the Aintree Hospital brings treatments closer to
patient's homes and is uniquely located adjacent to the UK's only
specialist neuroscience NHS Trust, The Walton Centre. The facility
was the first in the UK to treat patients using the revolutionary Novalis Tx treatment technique for cancerous and non-cancerous brain
conditions.
James Robar, Novalis Certified Auditor, Associate Professor of
Radiation Oncology Physics and Atmospheric Science at Dalhousie
University, and Chief of Medical Physics at Capital Health, who was
part of the UK audit team, said:- "We are very pleased to
deliver the first certifications in Europe, and the three UK centres
now join a group of leading oncology units from across the world. Novalis Certified is an independent programme directed by the
Novalis Circle and is available to qualified centres that show an
exceptional commitment to safety and quality in the treatment of
cancers with radiosurgery and stereotactic body radiation therapy."
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