Emergency Department Capacity Management Guidance
The Unscheduled Care Steering Group convened the Emergency Department Capacity Management Expert Group, which includes clinicians and managers, to review evidence and contribute their experience and expertise to the development of guidance to eliminate crowding in emergency departments (EDs) in Scotland. The aim was to develop an escalation framework for implementation across NHS Scotland.
Appendix. Membership of ED Capacity Management Expert Group
| Dr Jennifer Armstrong |
Chair, ED Capacity Management Expert Group; |
| Dr Dan Beckett |
Consultant Acute Physician, NHS Forth Valley; Chief Medical Officer Advisor for Acute and General Medicine |
| Dr Tim Parke |
ED Consultant, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde; representing College of Emergency Medicine |
| Dr Dave Caesar |
ED Clinical Director, NHS Lothian |
| Dr Shobhan Thakore |
Clinical Lead, Emergency Medicine, NHS Tayside |
| Dr Nicola Irvine |
Clinical Lead, Acute Medicine, NHS Tayside |
| Dr David Raeside |
Consultant Physician in Respiratory and General Medicine, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde |
| Professor Jim Ferguson |
NHS Grampian/Clinical Lead at Scottish Centre for Telehealth and Telecare |
| Dr Kerry Mathieson |
GP, NHS Forth Valley; Clinical Advisor to Unscheduled Care National Programme |
| Dr Simon MacKenzie |
Medical Director, St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Anne Harkness |
Director of Emergency Care and Medical Services/Unscheduled Care Executive Lead, NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde |
| Alan Hunter |
Director Unscheduled Care/Deputy Director Performance, Scottish Government |
| Martin Hopkins |
Programme Director, Whole System Flow Programme/Head of Performance Support, Scottish Government |
| Helen Maitland |
Unscheduled Care Director, Scottish Government |
The Expert Group consulted with:
- the Unscheduled Care Programme Board
- the National Unscheduled Care Learning Workshop
- national unscheduled care executive leads
- the Unscheduled Care Steering Group
- a national learning workshop on the 6 Essential Actions to Improving Unscheduled Care.
Contact
Email: Helen Maitland
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