Dr Ben Owens (a consultant in emergency medicine at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, and clinical associate with the national NHS Emergency Care Improvement Support Team – ECIST) discusses the importance of balancing risk for the benefit of all patients.   The current NHS emergency system is in crisis epitomised by the record ambulance … Continue reading If we risk nothing our patients risk everything →

Dr Anne-Louise Schokker deputy medical director for patient safety and consultant geriatrician at United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust describes how one ward tested a different approach to consultant input into the ward. 

Pete GordonChris Green In this blog Pete Gordon (Head of Emergency Care Improvement) and Chris Green (Head of Information) from the emergency care improvement support team (ECIST) discuss the link between staff satisfaction and higher levels of operational performance within the NHS. Follow Pete and Chris on Twitter @PeteGordon68 @chrisgreenNHS Over the past 18 months the NHS … Continue reading NHS staff satisfaction and performance? – Missing the target and missing the point →

Dr Richard Genever, consultant geriatrician and physician and ECIST clinical associate, discusses the NEWS Flow Chart - Decision Support Tool. The tool has been designed by patient facing clinicians to support 'balanced risk' discharge decision making on a 'day-to-day' basis.  Tony was admitted to hospital after finding himself wedged between his bed and the radiator … Continue reading Inpatient Treatment – Getting the dose right →

This weeks blog by Spencer Humphrys, improvement manager with the emergency care improvement support team (ECIST), explores a few things we can do to manage our anxiety. Spencer has worked for the NHS for over 13 years, and describes his role 'as the best job I've ever had'. In his role Spencer uses improvement science, … Continue reading Eight ways to help you manage anxiety →