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Theatres

There are five operating theatres at Royal Papworth Hospital and two hybrid theatres.

 


 

The theatres team comprises surgeons, anaesthetists, nurses, healthcare support workers, operating department practitioners, surgical care practitioners, porters, co-ordinators and many more. The qualified theatre staff are highly trained and all have a special interest in cardiothoracic surgery.

 

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There are five operating theatres and two hybrid theatres based on Floor 1. Each theatre is equipped to carry out the full range of cardiac, thoracic and transplant operations. Three theatres have facilities for remote viewing of operations, in the lecture theatre, by visiting surgeons or staff from other hospitals. Procedures undertaken include coronary artery bypass grafts, valve repair, valve replacement, heart and lung transplantation, mechanical cardiac assist device implantation, pulmonary endarterectomy surgery and a wide variety of thoracic operations and endoscopic procedures.

The theatre team at Royal Papworth Hospital was featured in series three of 'Surgeons: At the Edge of Life' on BBC Two in October 2020.
 

Technical Support Services

The Technical Support Service department is responsible for the maintenance of the majority of the medical equipment used at Royal Papworth Hospital. Every piece of equipment, which the Trust owns, is registered on a database so that a full working history can be maintained on each item.

The department is staffed by a manager and technicians with expertise in electronic and mechanical engineering, and Technical Support Services is registered with ISO 9002.

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      • East of England Cardiac Network Group
    • Surgeons: At the Edge of Life
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      • Careers in surgery
      • Behind the scenes
    • Royal Papworth Hospital Strategy 2020-25
    • Mycobacterium abscessus investigation
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      • Your hospital visit
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    • Information for researchers
      • Information for researchers

      • Royal Papworth sponsored research
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      • R&D performance
      • Running a study
      • Standard Operating Procedures
      • Publications
      • Patient and public involvement for researchers
    • Papworth Trials Unit Collaboration
      • Papworth Trials Unit Collaboration

      • Papworth Trials Unit Collaboration publications
      • Research projects
      • PTUC standard operating procedures
      • Who's who in the Clinical Trials Unit
    • Tissue bank for research
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      • Tissue bank - for researchers
      • Tissue bank - for the public
    • Innovation and intellectual property
      • Innovation and intellectual property

      • FAQ for researchers
      • Collaboration with research ideas
    • For patients and the public
      • For patients and the public

      • Useful information for patients and participants
      • Taking part in research
      • Patient Research Ambassadors (PRAs)
      • Patient events
    • Contact the R&D team
    • News and events
      • News and events

      • Latest news
      • R&D newsletters
      • Events
    • Heart Lung Research Institute (HLRI)
    • Library services
      • Library services

      • Join the library
      • How to find us
      • Locate or renew a book
      • Meet the team
      • Request a literature search
      • Electronic resources
      • Training
      • Research support
      • Keep up to date
      • FAQs
      • Request an article
      • Outreach services
      • Value and impact
      • Documents
      • Calendar
  • Working here
    • Working here

    • Our vacancies
      • Our vacancies

      • Admin & clerical vacancies
      • Additional clinical services vacancies
      • Allied Health Professionals vacancies
      • Estates and Ancillary vacancies
      • Healthcare Scientist vacancies
      • Medical vacancies
      • Nursing vacancies
      • Pharmacy vacancies
      • Professional Scientific & Technical vacancies
    • Staff benefits and wellbeing
    • Education and training
    • Volunteer with us
    • Meet our staff members
    • Recruitment events
    • Staff accommodation
    • Nursing at Royal Papworth
      • Nursing at Royal Papworth

      • Inside our critical care department
      • Become a cardiology nurse at Royal Papworth Hospital
      • Become a surgical nurse at Royal Papworth Hospital
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