Timothy Andrew Davison’s Post

🚑 The Association of Ambulance Chief Executives, NHS Providers and NHS Confederation have released a report outlining a new vision for NHS ambulance services. This transformational vision is also applicable to other EMS and ambulance systems worldwide, including Australia! The report highlights the strategic role ambulance services can play in coordinating and delivering urgent and emergency care. By investing in the workforce, infrastructure, and digital innovation, ambulance services can address inefficiencies and align with NHS England's recovery plans. The proposed model emphasises high-quality, integrated care that keeps patients out of the hospital when unnecessary and focuses on prevention and reducing health inequalities. For a detailed insight into the future of urgent and emergency care provision and the pivotal role of ambulance services, read the full report here: https://lnkd.in/gY4GXWpU #NHS #AmbulanceServices #EmergencyCare #HealthcareInnovation #PatientCare

Kingsgate has been helping the NHS to change and improve for around two decades now. During that time, we’ve seen a wide range of challenges across finances, ways of working and organisational culture. And while the circumstances always vary, we pride ourselves on being able to identify and fix the problem. Ultimately, it’s about enabling NHS Trusts and local systems to increase their productivity by being more efficient. When done well, this will improve healthcare and patient outcomes too – the definition of higher-value services. #NHS #productivity

A triage system available when you need it - Immediately. SmartTriage™ First Response ensures that when triage equipment is required, it will be available. Designed with empathy on how colleagues carry equipment, Smart Triage - First Response can be embedded with your existing kit,  requiring little additional space but providing a significant resource. Triage systems that are embedded in your existing kits are readily available when you need them - immediately. Find out why London, West Midlands, East of England, Yorkshire, Welsh Ambulance Service NHS Trusts have adopted Smart Triage - First Response    Find out more about our Smart Triage™ First Response here. - http's://bit.ly/4acrjyy #FirstResponders #Triage #Medical

🚑 Happy #InternationalParamedicsDay! This year's theme, #TheDifferenceWeMake, couldn't be more relevant for the performance and financial recovery of the NHS and UEC. We think that the Ambulance service has a critical and often underutilised role in supporting health system flow, performance, and financial delivery. We've seen performance and financial improvement plans across the country. Most are single-provider documents with a skewed focus on managing the symptoms of problems. This makes sense because managing what’s in your control is easier, but it doesn’t solve the actual issues. Changing flow to improve outcomes, improve performance and reduce cost is achievable. But it requires system thinking, a detailed understanding of the moving parts and a bit of personal risk. ❓ So what's missing? Often it's the early engagement and involvement of the ambulance service in solving the UEC challenges. Too often, we've seen the ambulance service have a seat at the table but no voice in the decisions. And that's a huge missed opportunity. Ambulance services are often the first point of contact for people in need. The paramedics have the first, and frequently the best, chance to avoid a hospital admission by directing, connecting and taking people to alternative services. When that’s not possible, their clinical skills can be used to get patients to the right place the first time, avoiding A&E and reducing the burden on the health system. Sometimes, they'll get it wrong—errors are part of being human—and this may create risk. But risk is relative and dynamic. Does a stable person taken incorrectly to an SDEC unit create more risk than adding another person to a crowded A&E queue to wait to be seen? We've heard countless paramedics say, "We know this [A&E] isn't the right place, but we're not allowed to take them where we think they need to go." Isn't it time we changed that? 🧠 Picture this: It's the middle of the night, someone's in crisis, and there is no family around. The person needs to be admitted, and the A&E staff already think this may be a complex discharge. Who better to feed into discharge planning than the paramedics who've just been in that person's home? Who have already seen the access route, the house's space, the living set-up and the keysafe on the wall. 💡 So here's our challenge to you: If the ambulance service isn't already at your table, helping you to create combined UEC performance and financial recovery plans, get a call in with them next week. You may lose an hour of your week, but we’d bet you’ll gain a whole lot more in return. #Ambulance #SystemWorking #UEC #NHS Tom Abell Liz Sargeant OBE Nick Sinclair Emma Williams Simon Weldon Melissa Dowdeswell Rob Kemp Paul Devlin Giles Adams

Elective recovery ❤️🩹 is a crucial objective for the NHS. Rising demands for emergency care can crowd out the capacity for accessible and effective planned care. And yet planned care is crucial to honour the NHS constitution and to proactively support people’s health needs promptly – ultimately reducing demands on emergency care in the first place. Although there is a clear need to drastically reduce the current backlog and improve elective activity across the NHS, growing demand, workforce issues and funding constraints makes this an incredibly challenging task. And in an election year, these challenges are only going to gain prominence. Last year, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT) had the largest patient waiting list and the longest waits for elective care of any provider in the country. We worked with them to maximise the use of their Trafford Elective Hub, utilising patient insights and improving theatre productivity to increase elective activity. Our work with the fabulously dedicated team at MFT highlights the power of management consulting and service leaders working in collaboration to deliver notable improvements. And these results hopefully provide a source of optimism that significant progress is possible. Click here to find out more: https://lnkd.in/eC6juqVR #CFimpact #Electiverecovery #NHSwaitinglists

The NHS is struggling. With some patients waiting over 18 weeks for an appointment and limited capacity to deliver services, tackling the elective care backlog takes a lot of work. That's where we come in. We partner with NHS trusts to deliver services when they would otherwise be idle (typically weekends). This means we help increase capacity sustainably, ensuring patients are seen sooner and improving NHS productivity and efficiency. 🏥 #electivecare #nhstrusts #patientcare #nhsinsourcing

NHS England recently reported that A&E departments are facing what could be their busiest summer on record, with 4.6 million attendances in June and July - more than any previous year.   From mobile clinics that bring care closer to home for early-stage symptoms, to high-capacity medical solutions which can be integrated directly within the hospital estate, we're here to help with easing pressures by providing space to support with: ✔️ Increasing access to primary care services through community-based clinics ✔️ Utilising dedicated Urgent Treatment Centres (UTC) to manage non-emergency cases ✔️ Enabling hospitals to prioritise and triage urgent and critical admissions, without increasing patient waiting times in A&E Southend University Hospital deployed a temporary mobile solution to reduce patient handover delays and enable ambulance crews to get back out into the community quicker. Former Chief Executive of East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust, now Chief Executive for Mid and South Essex Integrated Care System, Tom Abell said: "When people call 999 the public expect the ambulance service to attend, with units like this, it will help make sure that we can get ambulances back out on the road."   If you require support with reducing strains on your A&E department or with taking care directly into the community, we're here to help. Reach out to explore our range of innovative mobile solutions, or alternatively visit our website for more information: https://lnkd.in/eQpsdxeF #UrgentCare #CommunityCare #NHS #PrimaryCare   

Should be a standard for the EU too

Very proud to be supporting the great work being done at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust. The digital front door and virtual waiting room has not only saved vital clinical hours but has also made the waiting room safer for patients. Over the past few months our NHS England Streaming & Redirection team have been working with East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust and Strata Health UK to develop a case study evidencing the impact the digital front door has had on the trusts performance and patient/staff experience. The booked appointment model means patients with lower acuity conditions are able to wait in a place of comfort until their appointment. Patients complete a clinical assessment and receive a booked appointment in as little as 5-minutes using the NHS England digital product and Strata Health UK's booking software via a Booking and Referral Standard (BaRS) referral. This model and digital assessment has led to a reduction in the average time spent in the department per patient, less patients in the waiting room and improved 4-hour performance. Credit to the team at East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust, this revolutionary approach shows the impact digital technologies can have at the front door of Emergency and Urgent Care services. #digitalfrontdoor #emergencycare #bookedcare #NHSEngland #StrataHealth #Interoperability #digitalsolutions #Bookingandreferralstandard #BaRS

Take a look at BEAMS, Tutum Medical's latest innovation. Learn how it's making a difference to ward safety and efficiency in both NHS trusts and private hospitals. 🚑🔔🏥 🔗 https://lnkd.in/dchfakWD #HealthTech #PatientSafety #QuietWards #BEAMS #NHS #DigitalHealth #HealthCareInnovation #MedDevice #MedTech #WardEfficiency #StaffEfficiency #PatientExperience #TechInHealthcare #PatientMonitoring #WardManagement