Recognising the negative impact of prolonged waiting times, Hywel Dda University Health Board HDUHB, Swansea University, and Cancer Research UK's TET Programme launched the PROSTAD pathway in June 2023 to improve prostate cancer diagnosis in West Wales.
Together with spinal consultants, the paediatric medical team, anaesthetists, and the Owl Ward nursing team, we established the ‘Dragonfly Project,’ creating a surgical high care area within Owl Ward.
Several changes were implemented, and their impact assessed on efficiency and patient outcome