"With systems across the UK battling with long and growing elective waiting lists, this webinar will provide an opportunity to hear how the development of standardised pathways is supporting the management of care in the community in some systems across England and Wales.
Dr Alastair Roeves (National Clinical Lead for Primary Care & Community Services, NHS Wales) has overseen the adoption of HealthPathways across the whole of the country, with standardised national pathways being in place across all of its Health Boards.
Alastair will be joined by colleagues from NHS South Tyneside and Sunderland Foundation Trust who will share their experience of being the vanguard for this approach in the Northern hemisphere. Dr Mickey Jachuck (Clinical Director for Cardiac and Thoracic medicine) will detail the impact he has witnessed on referral numbers and quality as a result of their local implementation.
The panel will discuss national and local challenges in relation to reducing waiting lists and identify additional benefits seen in their systems beyond the numbers.
The Webinar will take an informal ‘in discussion with’ approach, with attendees encouraged to participate and interact with panel members through the submissions of questions throughout the session."
