Urgent & Emergency Care 2007

Mix and match. Choose any session from the 7 conference streams:

> 1) IMPROVING THE PATIENT EXPERIENCE
> 2) MANAGING DEMAND AND CAPACITY
> 3) DEVELOPING CARE IN THE COMMUNITY
> 4) NEW AND ADVANCED ROLES
> 5) INTEGRATING EMERGENCY CARE
> 6) MAJOR AND MINOR EMERGENCY
> 7) CLINICAL UPDATES

4) NEW AND ADVANCED ROLES

9.05am Keynote Address – Urgent Care: Where are we now?
• The focus on emergency and urgent care has moved from A&E to needs of the population across the whole system
• The emphasis is strongly on integrated systems with smooth pathways of care regardless of the provider
• The aim to deliver the right care, in the right place at the right time, first time as safely as possible
Prof. Sir George Alberti National Director for Emergency Access, Department of Health

9.50am Session 4)a
Part 1 – The Emergency Care Practitioner

• A definition of the role
• What part of the service can ECPs be effectively positioned in
• Examples of successful models
• Training and Development
Mark Bilby Emergency Care Practitioner Development Manager, Career Framework Team, Skills for Health

Part 2 – Evaluation of an ECP scheme in practice

• Patient satisfaction
• Health outcomes
• ECP feedback
Mary Halter Research Fellow,St George’s Medical School, London

10.35am Session 4)b
Advanced Paramedics

• AHP Consultants
• The role of the Paramedic Consultant
• The range of tasks: Primary, Emergency, Critical and Special tasks
• Paramedics origins and the future
Andy Newton Director of Clinical Services and Consultant Paramedic, British Paramedic Association

11.45am Session 4)c
Advanced Practitioners

• Preparation for roles
• Common curricula
• Boundaries between professional groups
• Are roles interchangeable?
Dr Robert Crouch OBE Nurse Consultant, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust

1.30pm Session 4)d
The new Ambulance Service

• Emergency care practitioners
• Education and development
• Governance arrangements
• Patient and public involvement
• Clinical audit and clinical effectiveness
Anthony Marsh Chief Executive OfficerWest Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust

2.15pm Session 4)e
The new Emergency Care Consultant

Adrian Harris Consultant in Emergency Medicine and Director of Emergency CareRoyal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust

4.00pm Session 4)f
Ensuring competence and quality – Using the development of the ECP role as an example

• The use of a competence based method of education and delivery of care
• The preparation of the competence and curriculum framework document
• Independent Regulation
Dr John Gosnold National Development Manager, ECP Programme, Skills for Health & Lecturer, Hull Medical School

4.40pm Plenary – The new Strategy for Urgent Care
• Why the need for an urgent care strategy
• What we mean by “urgent” care
• What the strategy says needs to happen at the national level
• What the strategy says needs to happen at a local level
• The implementation plan and timetable
Caroline Brock Head of Urgent Care, Department of Health

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