Better transfers of care for older people
About
About the event
Drawing on findings from reports by The King’s Fund, Healthwatch England, the National Audit Office, the Care Quality Commission and the Parliamentary and Health Services Ombudsman (PHSO), this event explored new ways of ensuring older people experience a safe, appropriate and timely discharge that is right for them and their health needs.
Presentations
Session one: Opening plenary
Discharging older patients from hospital
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Ashley McDougall, Director, Local Government, Health and Education, National Audit Office
The role of local authorities in improving transfers of care
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Grainne Siggins, Director of Adult Social Care, London Borough of Newham, and Policy Lead, Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS)
Meeting the new NICE guidelines
- Dr Olivier Gaillemin, Member, Guideline Development Group, NICE, and Consultant Physician in Acute Medicine, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust
Neil Tester: Safely Home - special inquiry findings
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Neil Tester, Director of Policy and Communications, Healthwatch England
Safely Home - what happens when people leave hospital and care settings?
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Rosalind Pearce, Executive Director, Healthwatch Oxfordshire
Using occupational therapists
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Karin Bishop, Assistant Director for Professional Practice, The College of Occupational Therapists
Addressing the challenge of discharge and patient flow
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Dr Naomi Fox, Consultant Geriatrician, Poole Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
A person-centred approach to frailty at the front door
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Louise Kellichan, Integrated Assessment Team Lead, NHS Fife
Front through to back door model
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Lloyd Barker, Head of Adult Services, Sussex Community NHS Trust
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Grace Hanley, General Manager, Brighton and Hove City Council
Discharge to access in Tower Hamlets
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Brian Turnbull, Interim Service Manager Community and Hospital Integrated Services, London Borough of Tower Hamlets
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Fiona Davies, Clinical and Project Lead, Bart’s Health NHS Trust
The Home First approach in Medway
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Lisa Riley, Associate Improvement Manager, Emergency Care Improvement Programme, NHS Improvement
Hospital transfer pathway: the 'red bag' initiative
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Viccie Nelson, Programme Director, NHS Sutton Clinical Commissioning Group
Providing care in people’s own homes
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Mark Walker, Service Lead, Unplanned Care, Norfolk Community Health and Care NHS Trust (NCH&C)
Intermediate care
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Claire Holditch, Project Director, National Audit of Intermediate Care and Director, NHS Benchmarking Network
Delivering better quality and more effective services for frail and elderly patients
- Dr John Dean, Deputy Medical Director (Transformation) East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust
Working in the community to provide a 'one stop shop' to help people retain their independence and avoid hospital admission
- Amy Newman and Katie Kew, Early Intervention Team, West Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust
Pulling together a risk share/benefit share arrangement to support more people going home faster
- Tom Brown, Deputy Director, Adult Social Care, London Borough of Bexley
- Sarah Valentine, Director of Commissioning, NHS Bexley Clinical Commissioning Group
Ensuring patients are receiving the right care in the right setting for them to improve the overall patient journey
- Sue Wing, Deputy District Director, Barnsley Business Delivery Unit, Operational Directorate, South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Supporting the discharge of end-of-life care patients from hospital
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Nicole Woodyatt, Interim End of Life Care Programme Lead, MacMillan Cancer Support
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Dr Joanne Bowen, Palliative Medicine Consultant, The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust
Lessons from ECIP to inform local sustainability and transformation plans
- Liz Sargeant OBE, Clinical Lead for Integration, Emergency Care Improvement Programme, NHS Improvement
A national response to the need for system transformation to improve transfers of care
- Victoria Bennett, Lead, Out-of-Hospital Urgent Care Programme, NHS England
Exhibitors
Exhibitors
Hilton Nursing Partners
NHS Benchmarking
