Oxford University Hospitals’ Chief Nurse Sam Foster was among the speakers at the fourth meeting of the regional emergency department collaborative on 8 March 2019. Set up in 2017, it brings together multi-disciplinary ED teams – along with colleagues in the ambulance service and primary care – to work across services, sectors and specialties.
Presentations given on the day were:
- Opening address, Sam Foster, Chief Nurse, Oxford University Hospitals
- The Frailty Response Unit (1) The Frailty Response Unit (2) Dr Alex Novak, Oxford University Hospitals, Ian Smith, Oxford University Hospitals and Sally Taylor, South Central Ambulance Service
- Digital Primary and Urgent Care, Dr Murray Ellender and Krista Burslam, eConsult
- GP Streaming Service, Dr Khiast Zaman, Buckinghamshire Healthcare
- Refugee patients and professionals, identity and emergency medicine, Amina Al-Dhlaif
- High Reliability Organisations in Healthcare, Dawn Benson, Health Safety Investigation Branch
- SAFE – identifying Sepsis Early using Advance Care Practitioners – Peter Walker, Royal Berkshire
- Technology Assisted Psychiatry (TAP) Innovation, Dr Kezia Lange, Michelle Brock, Oxford University Hospitals
- A quality improvement project to improve nursing metrics in our ED, Sharon Robinson, Milton Keynes University Hospital
- ECGs in the Emergency Department, Improving Patient Experience, Karen Chivers, Frimley Health
- In-reach GP in the ED/Frailty team – experiences, successes and challenges, Dr Hanne Hoff, Frimley Health
- Emergency Trauma and Life Support (ETLS), Dr Divyansh Gulati, Dr Shindo Francis, Milton Keynes University Hospital