OXFORD, England, June 10, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- Newton, Europe's leading operational and financial improvement specialist, today announced that Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust, a leading Trust that is based across two hospital sites in Surrey, has chosen Newton to deliver improvements in their theatre utilisation. The project, which forms part of the Trust's mission to continually improve their clinical, financial and operational performance in their theatres, is to increase utilisation and optimisation while delivering GBP1.6m per annum of savings.
Newton plans to identify and deliver the Trust's targeted savings by supporting the Trust team across multiple avenues that will involve; increasing in-session utilisation, which will include reducing late starts, turnarounds and early finishes; increasing session uptake; reducing patient cancelations whilst optimising patient attendance and experience, as well as reducing lost time; improving procedure effectiveness; and implementing information systems bespoke to the Trust to sustain and underpin the results delivered.
Newton has worked on many theatre utilisation improvement projects that have typically saved each NHS Trust between GBP1-2m p.a. of recurring savings. Recently we completed a similar project at Northampton General Hospital that saved over GBP1m p.a. said Andrew Hawes, Director at Newton. We are delighted that Ashford and St Peter's Hospitals NHS Trust selected Newton as the best people for the job. We are confident that we will exceed the project's target savings and hope to achieve around GBP2m he added.
About Newton
Newton is the leading operational and financial improvement specialist in Europe. Founded in 2001 by a group of highly qualified and experienced engineers, the company's objective is straightforward: to deliver performance improvement of 10% - 50% in any client's operations and supply chain without incurring capital expenditure.
From its roots in manufacturing, Newton applies its unique engineering based approach across a wide range of industry sectors, working in areas as diverse as defence aerospace, healthcare, consumer, wholesale retail, from the shop floor through to the boardroom and throughout the supply chain.
Newton are not management consultants, they do not focus on strategy, re-structuring or re-organisation - their focus is on identifying and resolving the issues that limit performance, to deliver a tangible and measurable improvement, backed by Newton's guarantee no results, no fee.
Newton has a substantial proven track record and has worked with many forward thinking organisations including Rolls-Royce, BAE Systems, VT Group, Nissan, Kerry Foods, British Airways and the NHS.
For more details on how Newton can benefit your organisation, please call us on: +44(0)1684-576477 or visit http://www.newtoneurope.com.
SOURCE: Newton
CONTACT: Media Relations for Newton Europe, Laura Skett,+44(0)1865-920700, Laura.skett@newtoneurope.com
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