Improving Discharge Time & Operational Efficiency Whilst Permanently Reducing the Bed-base

With a huge focus on cost reduction and efficiency improvement, discharge time and bed-base continue to have a significant impact on a service’s financial status. This highly practical mini-conference lifts the lid of what’s really possible by examining how a major neurology service reduced its bed base by 50% permanently. Examining a range of influencing factors and the change itself, the afternoon will provide both practical steps and the data to support a change. We’ll look at factors both within and outside the walls of a typical service and just how to influence them most effectively.

NOTE: This is a half day conference running in the afternoon

• Gain valuable insight into a major challenge
• Examine how others have achieved success in this area
• Learn practical change & influencing techniques
• Discover how to overcome blocks and resistance
• Lift the lid off what happens beyond hospital
   

Registration (1300 – 1330)

Understanding the nature & challenge of operational efficiency & discharge (1330 – 1400)
Dr Steve Allder, Consultant Neurologist and Assistant Medical Director, Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust

• How the neurology service reduced its bed base by 50% permanently
• What influences factors such as bed base and discharge time
• Blocks faced and how we overcame them

Discharge strategy – organising & managing for improving discharge time (1400 – 1430)
Ms Jane Ansell, Clinical Efficiency Consultant, Change2Improve

• From medically ready onwards – understanding lag time
• What factors can be successfully managed or influenced
• Establishing a system to ensure consistent, reliable discharge

Speaker Panel Questions & Discussion (1430 – 1445)
Dr Steve Allder & Ms Jane Ansell

Afternoon Tea (1445 – 1515)

Improving discharge time by reducing social care & support lag time (1515 – 1545)
Dr Richard Newland, GP & Chief Executive, Care Home Selection

• Understanding the myths & mystique of the social care system & support
• What factors really influence care packages & bed provision in the community
• How to ensure minimum time to discharge for patients needing support

Overcoming organisational  blocks – organising & communicating for successful change (1545 – 1615)
Mr Andrew Vincent, Head of Clinical Business Excellence, Medicology Ltd

• Understanding & overcoming service-level blocks
• Strategies for influencing the wider organisation, including management
• How to set up your change for maximum likelihood of success

Speaker Panel Questions & Discussion (1615 – 1645)
All speakers

• Questions from the floor
• Questions submitted in advance

Conference Close (1645)
 

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• Creating Service Transformation in Stressed Environments
• Effective Leadership in Times of Turbulence