Transforming Inpatient Care Programme - Presentations

Shaping the Emergency Pathway for Cancer Patients - 9 February 2010 (Winning Principle 1)

The aim of the first meeting was to identify good practice in emergency care; identify how this could be applied to cancer patients and how this important area of work could be taken forward.  A second Emergency Consensus meeting has been arranged for the 17 May 2010.

What changes are happening in emergency care - does it impact on care for patients with cancer?
Professor Sir George Alberti, Clinical Advisor to the Strategy & Systems Management Team, NHS London

Setting up an acute unit to reduce emergency admissions
Dr Rob White, St Agnes Surgey, Cornwall

Create an Acute GP unit to reduce emergency admissions
Dr Rob White, St Agnes Surgey, Cornwall

Emergency admissions avoidance initiatives
Christine Curtis & Robert Cole, Regional Head of Clinical Practice, West Midlands Ambulance Service

Understanding the national context of emergency care in cancer
Professor Sir Mike Richards, National Clinical Director for Cancer and End of Life Care

Applying enhanced recovery principles to emergency care
Dr W J Fawcett, Consultant in Anaesthesia and Pain Medicine, Royal Surrey County Hospital NHS Trust

How an acute oncology service improves the experience of both patients and healthcare professionals in the emergency setting
Dr Pauline Leonard, Consultant Medical Oncologist, The Whittington Hospital NHS Trust

What specialist palliative care can offer at the front door of the hospital
Dr Carol Davis, Lead Consultant Palliative Care, Southampton University Hospital NHS Trust

Consensus One Voting Results