Improving Emergency and Urgent Care -Wednesday 26th June 2013 – Central London

London, United Kingdom, April 14, 2013 --(PR.com)-- The Conference is timed to coincide with the NHS Commissioning Board’s major review of Accident and Emergency (A&E) and urgent care, this conference explores what you need to change the current structure of services, to secure the best quality patient experience, improve clinical outcomes and save lives, including:

· Developing a tiered system with robust transfer arrangements
· Delivering 24/7 urgent care
· Embedding NHS 111 in the local area
· Providing services for vulnerable groups including children and the elderly
· Measuring performance and exceeding standards

Don’t miss your opportunity to learn what you can do to transform your local urgent and emergency care provision into a world-class specialist emergency system.

Expert Speakers Include:

· Dr James P Kingsland OBE, National Clinical Lead, NHS Clinical Commissioning Community and President, National Association of Primary Care
· Professor Keith Willett, Director for Acute Episodes of Care, NHS Commissioning Board
· Dr Chris Roseveare, Acute Medicine Consultant, Southampton University Hospitals NHS Trust and President, Society for Acute Medicine
· Rick Stern, Chief Executive, NHS Alliance and Director, Primary Care Foundation
· Dr Nick Morton, GP and Associate Director Clinical Services, East of England Ambulance Service
· Liz Hedgecock, Urgent Care Clinical Dashboard National Co-ordinator, Department of Health
· Dr. Agnelo Fernandes, Assistant Clinical Chairman, Croydon Clinical Commissioning Group and Urgent Care Lead, Royal College of General Practitioners (RCGP)
· Kevan Taylor, Chief Executive Officer, Sheffield Health and Social Care Trust

Benefits of Attending for you:

· Hear about the national review into urgent and emergency care and consider its key recommendations to date
· Put your questions to our expert panel about how the restructure of services will look and operate, to ensure you are prepared for the changes
· Benefit from a case study of implementing the national NHS 111 telephone number at a local level to improve the public’s access to NHS urgent healthcare services
· Explore the practical implications of delivering urgent and emergency care on a 24/7 basis
· Learn how the GP Urgent Care Dashboard is being used to improve patient care, reduce A&E attendances and save money
· Understand how to benchmark your emergency care provision against a range of quality standards