The urgent care system is at breaking point. NHS figures from the winter of 2017-2018 were the worst on record with January 2018 marking the 30th month in a row that the four-hour target has been missed. This was even after the large-scale cancellations of non-urgent treatment that occurred in order to prioritise urgent and emergency care. Over 80,000 patients waited on trolleys for more than four hours at A&E in January, 1,000 of which were waiting for over 12 hours - the highest numbers since records began.
Our 4th Annual Urgent Care Conference: Delivering Integrated Solutions will seek to address how we can avoid crises like these in the future.
Benefits of attending
-Hear about the current challenges facing the urgent care system in respect of reduced patient flow.
-Gain an insight into the causes of congestion within the hospital care pathway.
-Listen to successful interventions that are reducing attendances to A&E and avoiding hospitalisation in the first instance.
-Discover how delayed transfer of care can be reduced and medically fit patients can be discharged freeing up the acute bed they occupy.
-Explore how system change can improve flow and patient care.
-Discover what alternative options there are to providing treatment closer to home and away from the hospital setting.
-Listen to examples of innovative initiatives that are positively contributing to supporting the delivery of urgent care in an efficient and cost-effective time scale.
-Benefit from the opportunity to question, discuss and debate current working practices and those for the future.
-Share best practice and contribute to learning.
-Take advantage of knowledge sharing and professional networking.
-Gain the maximum number of 6 CPD points.
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