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Following the first successful study day hosted by the RCEM Older Person in EM Special Interest Group, we are pleased to host a second ‘Focus on Frailty’ study day. Explore: ✅Carer’s perspective ✅Older person triage ✅End of life care Register here - bit.ly/3IzT6gt

We will survive, yes but people’s quality of life will be better if they get their time critical medication on time in the #NHS. P.T. Barnum said ‘There is no such thing as bad publicity’ We just need to be careful we don’t become the circus. youtu.be/QU6BG1KBP3Y?fe…

Oh to be a little otter just floating around

Normalisation of deviance on a national scale, baking in avoidable harm. Moral Injury for staff who will leave. NHS decline to 2 tier service is inevitable.

Talking at the Royal College of Emergency Medicine Annual Scientific Conference about Time Critical Medication: Do we need more time? First draft complete, time now to see if it lasts 20mins 😀

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Great opportunity to be part of audit.

This week NHS England published its ‘Winter Letter’ to Trusts, as well as guidance about managing so called ‘Corridor Care’ Adrian Boyle responds in today’s The Independent - “Publishing this document is an explicit acknowledgement, and a normalisation, of an unacceptable

📜 I’ve just published the first article from my brand new Blog: “The Frayed Bandage”. 🤕 It examines recent media attention highlighting the behaviour of some A&E staff, exploring the consequences of Moral Injury and Burnout. 🔗 Check it out here: lnkd.in/eyNC6tme

Are you getting enough sleep each night? “The Great Sleep Robbery” is my latest Blog post, looking at why so many of us aren’t getting adequate, quality sleep these days. Discover what I believe to be the number 1 culprit implicated in sleep theft. thefrayedbandage.blogspot.com/2024/10/the-gr…

bbc.com/news/articles/… we outlined our concerns about the winter preparedness plan and the August unscheduled care standards data in this discussion - action is needed to avert worsening of the poor conditions for staff and patients in our EDs.

Suited and booted in Newcastle for Day 3 of the #RCEMasc at the amazing The Glasshouse International Centre for Music. Looking forward to sharing the interim data from the Royal College of Emergency Medicine Time Critical Medication QiP later. Oh and had a haircut….

Continually inspired by Jonny Acheson whose presenting the Royal College of Emergency Medicine national QIP 'Time Critical Medications' Bringing together expertise and lived experience to advocate not only for Parkinson's patients but anyone who may come to harm from missing a dose. Parkinson's UK

Dale Kirkwood (he/him) Royal College of Emergency Medicine Parkinson's UK Thanks to Fiona Burton Dale Kirkwood (he/him) and Adrian Boyle for the opportunity to do this much needed work.

Exciting Opportunity! Join the Royal College of Emergency Medicine QA&I team as Co-chair. Work alongside a diverse team spanning Consultants, trainees, and ACPs through to data analysts and more. Lead 4 national projects and a team of over 30 people. Reaching 120+ EDs bit.ly/RCEMQIChair24

Every year we have 10,000 of submissions across 3 live project that are staggered into phases 👉bench marking 👉promoting change 👉Sustaining improvements And build 1 new one using national guidelines and a team of experts. Naturally, you need some capacity!

You will be well support by myself, Fiona Burton (the outgoing chair), the RCEM Quality team (Emily, Lucas, Hazel, Amy), 4 Topic Team Leads and a Data Analyst. You will gain significant experience in delivering a complex programme operationally and strategically.

The role has evolved, the team has grown and the workload now is much more manageable. We have a QI fellow who helps develop innovations and pull the non-clinical and clinical teams and leadership together. As well as a well-functioning governance system. Get involved!

"We know that A&E staff are already working at maximum capacity in extremely challenging conditions, and we are worried this focus on performance could lead to recruitment and retention issues in already struggling hospitals." 🗣️ Read Adrian Boyle's response to the Department