Meetings
HBCCN Network Board meetings 2011
All at Committee Room, Bedford Hospital NHS Trust, Kempston Road, Bedford.
July 28th 2011 3pm
Sept 27th 2011 2pm
Dec 8th 2011 2.30pm
CCDG
Each trust has its own critical care delivery group, which aims to steer and develop critical care services with multidisciplinary membership
Senior Nurse Meeting
Representatives from each trust meet quarterly and aim to monitor and improve the care of critically ill patients within the Critical Care Network, implement best practice through innovation and change management and to provide colleague support.
Meeting dates 2011, all at 12MD, at Pinehill Hospital, Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Herts
July 1st 2011
Sept 23rd 2011
Dec 9th 2011
Clinical Steering Group
Meets bi monthly and aims to guide practice
Meeting dates 2011 all at 2pm, at Pinehill Hospital, Benslow Lane, Hitchin, Herts
July 1st 2011
Sept 23rd 2011
Dec 9th 2011
Steering group terms of reference
These are:
- To assess the needs of the critically ill with regards to adequacy of service provision, in relation to capacity and demand across the whole Network and to assist with the planning of those services.
- To ensure a consistent standard of care and equity of access to critical care services.
- To agree common standards and devise guidelines regarding admission and discharge of patients.
- To agree common standards regarding safe transfer of patients between hospitals and, whenever possible, to accommodate non-clinical transfers within the Network Trusts. Also, to foster active cooperation with the East of England Ambulance Service to improve the service as a whole.
- To support all hospitals within the Network in workforce development and teaching and training of staff.
- To undertake service improvement projects and care bundles across all hospitals within the Network.
- To act as a forum for discussion, mutual advice and dissemination of information for critical care units in the Network.
- To advise the commissioning and purchasing bodies on appropriate standards and models of critical care, according to current and future DoH guidance, to maintain current provision, fund new developments and identify potential cost pressures.
- To support the promotion and development of information technology.
- To develop the Network as one health care delivery system in partnership with the purchasers.
- To establish links so the Network can understand and influence developments in the wider local health community that may affect or be affected by critical care services.
- To work alongside other collaboratives/Networks, supporting and sharing relevant information.
Membership:
Representing each Trust - Bedford, Luton & Dunstable, East & North Herts, and West Herts - a Lead Clinician, a Lead Nurse, an Administrator/Manager
East of England Ambulance Trust Representative
Primary Care Trust Representatives - Commissioning Lead, Director of Public Health, PEC Chair Representative
Network Manager
Network Service Improvement and Project lead
Network Medical Leads
Network Nurse Lead
Allied Health Professional Lead
Healthcare Scientists Lead
Independent Sector Representatives for BUPA Bushey, BUPA Harpenden and Capio Pinehill
Workforce Development Directorate Representative
Invited Attendees:
Patient & Carer Representative
Chairmanship:
Linda Lambourne Head of Acute and Urgent Care Commissioning NHS Bedfordshire
Accountability:
Network Board
Frequency of Meetings:
3 Monthly.
Review Terms of Reference:
These Terms of Reference will be reviewed in June 2011.