Rehabilitation

On Wednesday 18th May 2011 the Regional Rehabilitation Programme presented:

If not now, when? - Planning and delivering patient outcomes from the time of diagnosis

Venue - Trent Vineyard, Nottingham

The aim of the day was to identify the responsibilities of health and social care personnel to plan and deliver patient outcomes, within a regional strategy for acute and community rehabilitation.

The event provided guidelines on how to:

• Plan and monitor patient-centred outcomes in both acute and non-acute conditions

• Ensure transfers between healthcare settings are appropriate and efficient

• Ensure transfers between healthcare and social care settings are appropriate and efficient 

• Adopt current best practice within the region

• Facilitate  understanding of the service user perspective

• Engage in continuous future improvement through a regional Rehabilitation Network

The audience was made up of clinicians in primary and secondary healthcare and social care; provider managers; commissioners; service user representatives

The presentations from the day are downloadable below.               

Margaret McGlade: Adviser to East Midlands Joint Improvement Partnership

Outcomes:  what are we aiming for? 

Anthony Kealy: Director of Improvement and Efficiency, NHS East Midlands

Regional Strategic View of Services 

Dr Bob Winter: Consultant in Emergency Medicine, Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

“Is rehabilitation my job?” 

Prof Chris Ward: Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Nottingham

Welcome to the 21st Century 

Dr Ben Pearson: Consultant and Lead Clinician of Acute Medicine, Derby Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

If not now, when?  The need for senior clinical decision-making early in the course of illness

Dr. David Portnoy: GP, Derbyshire

If not us, who?  Specialist roles of GPs and others in securing optimal outcomes

Karen Middleton: Chief Health Professions Officer for England, Department of Health

National Perspectives on rehabilitation