St Marks Hospital measures its capacity in terms of its resources, partially for the reason that there is not an apparent association between the number of beds it has and the number of patients it extravagance. If all its patients need comparatively negligible conduct with only short stays in hospital, it could treat many people per week. If most of its patients required long periods of observation or convalescence, it could luxury far smaller amount. Output relies on the mixture of functionalities in which the hospital is occupied and, given that most hospitals carry out numerous diverse types of activities, output is difficult to predict. Due to some inefficiencies in its operations and human resource, the hospital is currently …show more content…
The hospital is currently building a new wing that will increase this capacity by 30%. Once the new wing is completed, management have decided that 70% of this will be reserved for patients requiring major treatment. The hospital management is absolutely certain that once the construction of this new wing is completed, it will be able to meet all forecast demand and also have enough spare to handle sudden emergencies. You are required to calculate the following:
(a)
Current Designed Capacity
St.Marks hospital located at the Horrow and Wembly border in north west London. The hospital specializes entirely in intestinal and colorectal disorder and recognized by World organization of digestive endoscopy. The hospital currently has 4500 beds which are reserved for patients requiring major treatment. A new wing is being built to increase the capacity of patients up to 30%.
Current Effective Capacity
St. Mark’s hospital has one of the team of nurses and doctors who aim to provide the finest care and experience in Horrow and Wembly. They give premium healthcare and pay close attention to what the patients have to say - about what they need ,how they feel –and responding to it. They regularly visit their patients on their experience and use that knowledge to change or continue current practices so that they can improve their efforts in care.
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Future Designed Capacity
It is perceived that in the future the company capacity will be increased with a number of beds and employees that will be helpful for the hospital as the extension of the institutional capacity.
Future Effective Capacity
In the future, only highly qualified and hard working, as well as dedicated employees will be hired so that they cannot treat gently with patients but also managing their assigned work accurately.
Future Actual Output
In the future revenue of the company will be much higher than the current one with the proper extension of the capacity and proper management.
Future Utilization
In the future the employees and the relevant resources will be efficiently utilized with proper capacity management so that the only best output can be achieved.
Future Efficiency
In the future the efficiency of the employees will be increased through providing proper training and motivating themselves towards hard work.
(b) Evaluate the hospital’s approach to its capacity