Welcome to Change Champions
Hospital Avoidance: Alternatives to Emergency Department Care
Change Champions and NSW Health in partnership invite participation in their Toolkit Seminar, Hospital Avoidance: alternatives to the ED.
Seminar Aims
To showcase innovative models of care that have been successfully implemented to:
. ensure that patient care is delivered in the most appropriate setting
. avoid and/or reduce hospital admissions
. manage emergency demand
. improve the patient journey.
Audience
Any health professional with an interest in managing demand and alternative settings for delivering care.
REGISTRATIONS NOW OPEN - PLACES STILL AVAILABLE
Book Hilton Sydney Accommodation here: http://www.hilton.com/en/hi/groups/personalized/SYDHITW_GCHAN/index.jhtml
Confirmed International Guests
Tom JH Bennett is an Associate Director of Operations at Addensbrookes Hospital, UK,a acute teaching hospital with over 1,100 beds. His responsibilities include the Emergency Department, short stay wards, bed management, Emergency Planning, Therapy and Physics. Previously he was responsible for Pharmacy, Pathology & Radiology at a district general hospital with 400 beds. Before entering the health sector, Tom spent 8 years at Barclays Bank plc in strategy roles. He has an MBA from Judge Business School.
Dr Mike Burrows is the Chief Executive of Salford Teaching Primary Care Trust where he has worked since 2001. Originally a Doctor of Biochemistry, Mike has worked in the NHS for 22 years now, principally in the finance discipline before taking on the Chief Executive role four years ago. Mike is currently the Chairman of the Association of Greater Manchester PCTs and co-Chairs the Greater Manchester Health Leadership Group, a partnership working forum with local government in the region. He also has leadership roles in Greater Manchester in relation to Research and Development, Pathology and Neurosciences.
Judith Roberts has substantial healthcare practice experience, and has worked in a range of emergency and urgent care services. Currently she is a Senior Lecturer Edge Hill University, UK and is a programme coordinator for the Advanced Practice MSc. She also has an honorary contract in a unplanned care service, working as a nurse practitioner in a walk-in centre. She has a particular interest in quality care, service and staff development .Dr Ian Sturgess is a Consultant Physician in General and Geriatric Medicine at East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust. He combines his clinical work with his role as Associate Medical Director Patient Safety. In addition, he is a member of the Clinical Faculty of the Safer Care Priority Programme at the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement.
Program Updates
Session 3A 14.40-15.00
Single Points of Access: systems change towards total care navigation
Mark Wheeler
Operations Manager, Primary Care and Community Health
Sydney West Area Health Service, NSW
Kath Harrison
Acting Director, Access and Patient Logistics
Sydney West Area Health Service, NSW
Session 6 12.10-12.30
Medical Assessment Units and Ambulatory Care –The InterfaceDr Paul Collett
Director MAU & Department Head, General Medicine
Royal North Shore Hospital, NSW
3rd Healthcare Without Walls: Rehabilitation
Seminar Aims
• To showcase structures, systems and strategies etc that have resulted in improved access to services for patients/clients requiring rehabilitation and/or their carers.
• To showcase models of service delivery and/or care, best practice and other innovations projects that have demonstrated improved service delivery and quality of care for users of rehabilitation services.
International Guests
Ann Anderson, Somerset Primary Care Trust, UK
Ann worked as an Occupational Therapist within the NHS for many years, practicing in both acute and community settings, with a special interest in the care and treatment of older people. For the last 9 years, Ann has worked as a senior manager within Somerset and is currently an Associate Director of Strategic Development with Somerset Primary Care Trust. Ann has lead a range of service redesign programmes working across organisational boundaries, envisioning individuals and teams to embrace innovation and new models of care and deliver improved outcomes for service users and their families. In addition to her work for the NHS, Ann is a non-executive director of St Margaret's Somerset Hospice and has a particular interest in palliative care.
Pippa Bagnall, UK Healthcare Reform Consultant, London, England
Pippa is a registered nurse who has been working on UK Healthcare Reform for over ten years. She has held senior appointments in the Cabinet Office and the Department of Health as well as chief executive posts in the NHS and voluntary sector. She has published widely and her current work has been shared and discussed at a European Think Tank in Brussels. Pippa has a particular interest in transferring the financial allocation fro m the hospital to the community in order to enable people to receive their care closer to home.
Chris Nicholson, Edge Hill University, UK
Chris has worked in cardiac nursing for over 10 years in primary, secondary and tertiary level settings. Four years ago Chris set up the community heart failure nursing service in Central Lancashire, England, which has cut in-patient admissions and provided heart failure support tailored to patients' needs and circumstances in the community. Chris' book ‘Heart Failure: A Clinical Nursing Handbook' was published by Wiley-Blackwell last year and he is a regular contributor to nursing journals. Chris is a lecturer and Associate Tutor at Edge Hill University, in the North West of England.
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Improving Quality, Safety and Throughput: The Healthy Hospital
Seminar Aims
- Provide a forum for health professionals who want to make a difference to exchange ideas about successful strategies that have positively impacted on culture at any level of the organisation (eg hospital wide, management, division, department, team, individual)
- Foster innovation and creativity to improve quality, safety and throughput in a positive, functional and productive environment for staff, patients and carers
- Share information about the impact of successful culture change strategies on quality, safety, patient flows and workforce.
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ANZCA CPD Program approval no. 1278, under Category 1/Level 1 – 1 Credit per hour
