National Outreach Forum NOrF news

NOTICE OF CANCELLATION

NOrF — Tue, 01 May 2012 10:30:18 GMT

Due to unforeseen circumstances we have had to cancel the study day of 8th June 2012. Apologies to those that have shown interest and registered. We will get in touch with you shortly regarding cancellation of registration for the study day.

Operational framework of standards and competencies for Critical Care Outreach and Acute Care Team Services

NOrF — Wed, 14 Mar 2012 09:42:33 GMT

Final reviewed document ready for view and download.
The National Outreach Forum team

Rapid response teams article

NOrF — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:47:08 GMT

Click on link to see an open access article in critical care forum about Rapid Response Teams.

http://ccforum.com/content/15/6/R269

The National Outreach Forum

Establish SEPSIS as a medical emergency and a clinical priority for the NHS

NOrF — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 01:22:59 GMT

Dear Colleague,

Could your consider signing the below e-petition. We need 100,000 signatures to pave the way to securing a Commons debate.

http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/19602

Establish SEPSIS as a medical emergency and a clinical priority for the NHS

Responsible department: Department of Health

Sepsis is a hidden killer. It claims 37,000 U.K lives annually- more than breast, bowel and prostate cancers combined. The majority of cases arise in the community. Simple, timely interventions including antibiotics and intravenous fluids can halve the risk of dying, yet are delivered in fewer than 1 in 7 cases in the U.K at present. Early sepsis treatment is cost effective, reducing hospital and Critical Care bed days for patients. We seek a commitment to ensuring that all patients get access to the rapid care they need. This will require a co-ordinated national response including strategies to heighten awareness and investment in the development of seamless care pathways from home to hospital. Establishing sepsis as a medical emergency and a clinical priority for the NHS is likely to save at least 10,000 extra lives per year, and yield annual savings to the NHS of over £170M.

NOrF NATIONAL OUTREACH FORUM Call for Executive Board Members

NOrF — Sun, 25 Sep 2011 11:47:06 GMT

Dear Colleague,

NOrF are keen to recruit additional members to the Executive Board (EB) in order to expand our existing work streams and further improve engagement with NOrF members. In particular we would like additional EB members to take the lead on the following:

The National Critical Care Outreach Activity Outcome Data Set
NOrF corporate development

NOrF are extremely proud of the progress we have made over the past few years. In particular, providing a representative forum for Critical Care Outreach Service providers and recipients across the country, and progressing services to optimise the quality of the patient’s treatment, care and experience. You will find existing members of the EB most welcoming, motivated and hard working. If you feel passionately about Outreach, as we do, and would like to be part of this enthusiastic team we would love to hear from you.

Please contact me: Tracey.moore@sheffield.ac.uk by Friday 21^st October 2011

Thank you for your interest

Kind Regards

Tracey Moore

Chair, National Outreach Forum

NOrF Membership Consultation: Operational framework of standards and competencies for Critical Care Outreach and Acute Care Team Services

NOrF — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 13:52:13 GMT

Dear Colleagues

In response to calls from National Outreach Forum (NOrF) members to provide national guidance on a standardised operational framework of standards and competencies for Critical Care Outreach, Acute Care and NEWS Response Teams, please find the attached (click on link) for your consideration and comment:

NOrF Operational Standards and competencies for CCOS Consultation v1 28 06 11.pdf

The National Outreach Forum has undertaken an extensive review of literature, research and DH recommendations regarding the care of the acutely ill patient in hospital, as well as consulting with expert practitioners to guide the document development. The driving force behind this piece of work is to establish a national framework that will assist existing and newly developing services in order to: benchmark service delivery, enable equity of access, and to provide guidance on future service development.

We will now engage in a robust consultation process with you the service providers, to ensure that this framework is reflective of what you as staff delivering these services require.

We would be grateful if you could forward any comments to:

caroline.barclay@uhl-tr.nhs.uk

by 25^th August 2011

Your chance to influence the future!
With grateful thanks
The NOrF Executive Board

Autumn Conference and 6th AGM preliminary announcement

NOrF — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:46:20 GMT

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the date and venue for our Autumn Conference and 6th AGM. The conference will take place on Friday 4thh of November 2011 at Holywell Park at Loughborough University, Leicestershire.

Please put the date on your diaries. Further details will follow soon.

Kind regards,

The National Outreach Forum team

NHS Early Warning Score

NOrF — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 10:49:28 GMT

Dear Outreach Colleague,

The 'Recommendations for a NHS Early Warning Score (NEWS)' along with a draft NEWS observation chart, and an explanatory letter from Professor Bryan Williams, Chair of the NHS Early Warning Score Development and Implementation Group (NEWSDIG), have now been published for consultation.

Please log in to the members area forum to access the documents. The invaluable contribution made by Critical Care Outreach Teams in encouraging the adoption of EWS systems to enable a more timely response and assessment of acutely ill patients is acknowledged within the document.

As a major stakeholder in acute care in the NHS your views and comments are encouraged and should be sent to Tracy Scollin: tracy.scollin@rcplondon.ac.uk by close of business on Thursday 28 April 2011. Additionally, should you choose, it would be most useful if you were to copy me Lesley.Durham@nhct.nhs.uk into any responses in order that we can generate an overview of 'CCOT' opinion across the Network

Many Thanks for your assistance - I look forward to hearing from you.

Kindest Regards
Lesley
Lesley Durham (NOrF Executive Board)
Network Director
North of England Critical Care Network (NoECCN)
C/o ICCU/HDU
North Tyneside General Hospital
Rake Lane
North Shields
NE29 8NH
Tel/fax: 0191 2934189
BB: 07824 498625
Email: Lesley.durham@nhct.nhs.uk
www.noeccn.org.uk

1st Announcement: NOrF study day... PREPARE...Perform...Prevent

NOrF — Sun, 06 Mar 2011 12:03:48 GMT

One of the suggestions from last conference and AGM was to organise a study day aim to ward staff. We are now pleased to announce the NOrF first study day: PREPARE...Perform...Prevent...Celebrating the work of general wards before and after critical care.

This study day will take place at The London Clinic on the 30th of June 2011.

Further details and registration online coming soon

The National Outreach Forum Team

Comprehensive Critical Care Outreach

NOrF — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:39:21 GMT

Revised definition of Comprehensive Critical Care Outreach (3CO/PREPARE).

Thank you to all of you that commented about the Comprehensive Critical Care Outreach evised definition.

The new definition and core elements are ready. At present we are working on the competencies and standards. To see the definition click on the above link.

SPOT(light) and NOrF data collection

NOrF — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:53:48 GMT

The SPOT(light) study webportal has been runing from December 2010.

It includes the data collection for the National Outreach Forum.

Please refer to the study blog for any questions.

Rapid Response Systems 2010

NOrF — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:35:25 GMT

The National Outreach Forum was represented by John Welch at the recent 6th International Symposium on Rapid Response Systems (May 2010, Pittsburgh). The conference presentations are available online following this link Rapid Response Systems 2010

National Tracheostomy Safety Project

NOrF — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:37:10 GMT

Dear Colleague,

Check this website: www.tracheostomy.org.uk

This site contains the resources developed and used by the North West Regional Tracheostomy group and is aimed at healthcare professionals. It has vauable resources related to the care of tracheostomy patients and the document National Tracheostomy Safety Project (November 2010) which is open for 6 months consultation

National Outreach Conference 2010

NOrF — Wed, 09 Feb 2011 22:38:17 GMT

Dear colleague,

Please check the members area for the latest updates, including the National Outreach Conference 2010 presentations.