EEAST General Broadcast

In this episode, we explore Stroke Video Triage (SVT). I’m joined by Brittany Farthing, Clinical Lead for Stroke Video Triage (SVT) at EEAST, and Karen Butchard, Lead Stroke Specialist at West Herts, Watford General Hospital. It’s been two years since SVT was introduced at Watford Hospital, and we reflect on its success and how it has enhanced patient's experience. The initiative has now been rolled out across 12 out of 15 sites in EEAST and the remaining sites will go live later this year.We cover what SVT is, how it works, who will crews will interact with at the hospital via SVT, and the benefits for both crews and patients. We also highlight improvements such as reduced door-to-needle times and faster imaging.Finally, we discuss why it’s essential for all clinicians to use this tool to improve the patient journey. SVT demonstrates clear benefits for patients suspected of having a stroke—so don’t forget to make use of it! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This months podcast has been recorded by members of the Patient Safety Team that were involved in a review of patients that were injured whilst in our care. Jo Wells, Patient Safety Improvement Specialist is joined by Liam Dunn, Head of Patient Safety, David Grover, Patient Safety Specialist for SNEE, Louise Baines, Patient Safety Advisor and Karen Wooding, Patient Safety Advisor to discuss how the review was completed. The team explain some of the processes of thematic reviews conducted under the Patient Safety Incident Response Framework as well as elaborating on the findings and recommendations the report has made to drive improvement and make our patient care episodes safer. Should you have any questions from the podcast you can contact the team via email at [email protected].   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this month's episode, I am joined by Laura Mann, Patient Experience Surveys Manager at EEAST. We explore the role of surveys in shaping patient care - why the Trust sends them out, how valuable the feedback is and what actions we take based on what patients tell us. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this month’s edition I am joined by Dave Grover, Patient Safety Officer and Kim Sage, Halo for Colchester Hospital. In this podcast we have a discussion around the Safe Discharge Non-Conveyance Bundle and ePCR Audits.Why was the Safe Discharge Non-Conveyance Bundle implemented: This tool was developed as a reminder and support to crews to cover off all elements of which patients we take to hospital or who to safely leave at home. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this month’s episode we continue our conversation around end-of-life care (EOLC) and specifically around difficult conversations, the use of simple language and the importance of how we deliver sometimes difficult news to our patients and their families.  Joining us again in this episode is Justine Di Fede (Clinical Lead – EOL Regional Portfolio), Deenah Elswaf (Senior EMT & has a passion for EOLC) and special guest Dr. Karen Chumbley (GP & Hospice Lead in EOLC – Suffolk & NE Essex)   We discuss why using simple language makes such a difference to someone at that time, a way to deliver difficult news and how to learn and reflect on the way we deliver these conversations. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.