Patient Access

Aims of the group:

The group aims to improve the access of patients to critical care units in Greater Manchester. The group aims to work with Medical and Nursing and other health professionals to make sure that patients can access critical care when they are critically ill so that their treatment is not delayed.

The main objectives of the group are:

To improve access to critical care for patients who would benefit from treatments
Share best practice between Critical Care units in Manchester with respect allowing rapid patient access to critical care.
Share problems about patient flow to help find solutions to those problems
Bench mark speed of access compare how different units are doing
Produce audit and teaching resources that can be shared with other units
To carry out pilot projects and disseminate their results.

The group is chaired by Jane Eddleston, Consultant and Clinical Director for Critical Care at CMFT, Jane is also clinical lead for the critical care network.

please email her if you would like to join the group jane.eddleston@cmft.nhs.uk

To access the Google group and Drop Box associated with the group please email tthomaswork@ntlworld.com