Event: Reducing long stays in hospitals with ExtraMed and The King’s Fund
ExtraMed is delighted to be the sponsor of The King’s Fund’s ‘Reducing long stays in hospitals: how to prepare properly for winter and learn from past pressures’ event on Tuesday October 16th in Birmingham. Here’s what you can expect on the day.
Reducing long stays in hospitals this winter
The King’s Fund is an independent charity providing a range of consultancy and advisory services on health and care systems, policy and development. This event, run in partnership with the British Red Cross, will offer sessions highlighting practical ways the health and social care system can come together to ensure every patient receives the right care.
- Improving patient flow: reducing long hospital stays: the new NHS Improvement strategy
- Care Quality Commission local system reviews: the effectiveness of local health and social care systems for older people
- Practical solutions at a minimal cost, how the British Red Cross transforms hospital discharge
- Mental health provisions that unblock A&E departments
- The pioneering use of digital platforms that enable better flow: the Milton Keynes University Hospital case study
- How to prevent readmissions: the British Red Cross solution that makes a real difference
- The role of housing in patient re-ablement
- Refreshments and networking
Excellent speaker line-up confirmed
The line-up includes:
- Martin Wilson, Director of Emergency and Elective Care Strategy, NHS Improvement
- Alison Holbourn, Deputy Chief Inspector, Care Quality Commission
- Dr Durka Dougall, Senior Consultant, Leadership and Organisational Development Team, The King’s Fund
- Professor Joe Harrison, Chief Executive Officer, Milton Keynes University Hospital
- Mike Adamson, Chief Executive Officer, British Red Cross
- Professor George Tadros, Clinical Lead, Rapid Assessment, Interface and Discharge (RAID) service, Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health Trust
This event offers a great opportunity to discuss serious preparation for this winter and we will be demo-ing our Patient Flow system too. We hope to see you there!
