HSJ Roundtable: How the NHS can boost perioperative care

Summary

An HSJ roundtable, supported by Edwards Lifesciences, looked at how trusts can find solutions to the complex challenges of improving patient safety in operating theatres and intensive care units. 

Content

Panel:

• Professor Mike Grocott, professor of anaesthesia and critical care medicine, University of Southampton, and deputy chair, Centre for Perioperative Care
• Professor Rupert Pearse, professor of intensive care medicine, Queen Mary University of London and consultant, Barts Health Trust
• Craig Brown, head of elective transformation, London North West University Healthcare Trust
• Justine Sharpe, safety and learning lead (London), NHS Resolution
• Helen Hughes, chief executive, Patient Safety Learning
• Dr Oliver Blightman, consultant anaesthetist, Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells Trust
• Bill Kilvington, trustee, Action Against Medical Accidents
• Suzanne Ali-Hassan, deputy director, commercial and innovation, UCL Partners, and deputy director, National Innovation Accelerator
• Claire Read, HSJ contributor, roundtable chair