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The Major Trauma Centre and Youth Violence at St Mary's Hospital
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TheMajorTraumaCentreandYouthViolence
ThemajortraumacentreatStMary'sHospitalsawover2000attendancesintheyear2012-13498ofthesewereonlyaged11-25
Typesoftraumareported:
Actsofviolence Roadtrafficaccidents Other
34% 40% 26%
Stabbing Bluntobject Gunshotwound Stabandbluntobject
63%16%
7%
14%
Over300additionalnonmajortraumacaseshadlesssignificantinjuriesbutwerestillcausedbyseriousactsofviolence
Whatcanwedotohelp?ImperialCollegeHealthcareCharityisraising£1milliontohelpimprovefacilitiesatthemajortraumacentre-includingbringinginspecialistyouthworkersfromthecharityRedthreadtohelpguidevulnerableyoungpeopletowardssaferlifestyles
£870,924Spent on youth violence cases atSt Mary's major trauma centre2012-2013
£39,000Highest cost of a treated traumapatient in 2012-2013
DrAsifRahman,consultantinadultandpaediatricemergencymedicine:"It’saboutformingthatbridgefromthehospitaltothecommunity,sothatwhentheseyoungpeopleleavethehospital,theystickwiththeseprogrammesandhopefullydon’tcomeback."
ThetotalcostfortheYouthViolenceInterventionprojectisestimatedat£648,000overthreeyears:
Year1 Year2 Year3
£151K
£245k
£252k
Projectaims:
Reduceriskylifestyles
Decreaseuseofemergencyservices
Easieraccesstolocalauthorityservices
Morepeopleinemployment,educationandtraining
Improvedpartnershipanddatasharing
Increaseuseofsexualhealthservices
Embedded,longtermsolution
Improvedreporting
Findoutmoreaboutthisprojectandseehowyoucanhelpmakeadifferenceoveronourwebsite,www.imperialcharity.org.uk
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ImperialCollegeHealthcareCharityraisesfundsforthehospitalsofImperialCollegeHealthcareNHSTrust:CharingCross,Hammersmith,QueenCharlotte’s&Chelsea,StMary’sandWesternEye.CharityRegNo1128929