For years, a huge village of us have beavered away and this Alberta, Canada study (n=32,884) shows the +ve impact of #EndPJparalysis 💙
LOS ⏬1.8 days
Falls ⏬ 2.2 events - suggests inpt ambulation can be done safely & effectively
Disch to own home ⏫
doi.org/10.1080/096382…

⭐️What a team ⭐️ can’t wait to see the ideas and plans ⭐️

SCFT Intermediate Care Units
Well done Gertie at Piper Ward - outstanding piece of work.

Delighted to see Claire with Millie yesterday supporting on the ICU at Haywards Heath.

Many congratulations on 5 years as a #volunteer . You make a real difference to #staff and #patients every time you visit.👏🎉🐕‍🦺

Rehab space: a bold turnaround | The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy csp.org.uk/frontline/arti…

Patient flow is not just about beds, space, demand & capacity

It’s about valuing patient time, keeping them well and getting them home as soon as possible

Join our 2 events that explore aspects of valuing patient time:

nhsconfed.org/events/valuing…

nhsconfed.org/events/valuing…

Join the #NAIF team tomorrow for the first #webinar of 2024! Follow this link: bit.ly/42AxcTM to register your attendance. Dr Julie Whitney and Dr Sarah Howie will be discussing the importance of delirium within NAIF.

Read our joint position statement on the 2023 NICE head injury guidelines regarding asymptomatic patients on #anticoagulation or #antiplatelet treatment here rcem.ac.uk/wp-content/upl…

Save the date, planning is underway.....

'Older people with #frailty are more likely to need the help of health and social care services. In emergency departments, those over the age of 80 have seen their average wait times double.”

BGS President Adam Gordon quoted in The Guardian today. theguardian.com/society/2024/f…

Exciting Community Consultant Geriatrician role being advertised for SCFT Intermediate Care Units 👇🏻👀👇🏻

A new series of webinars to support parents and carers has been announced. The Sussex Partnership CAMHS Participation team will be delivering sesions on disordered eating, challenging behaviour, cyber safety and more.

Book online: ticketlab.co.uk/series/id/1206…

Leadership Training August - October 2024, reserve your place via the Learning Academy. We recommend you book the course which supports your current role or future career development.😃

Register now for the NHFD's first webinar of the year! Don't miss our talks on hip fracture, delirium, and delirium screening with guest speaker Alasdair MacLullich and NHFD leads Antony Johansen and Will Eardley
Register:
bit.ly/3OdlBE4

This will be the third time I've spoke at this excellent event RCPEdin - really looking forward to it - well worth a look if interested in building/updating expertise in care of older people events.rcpe.ac.uk/edinburgh-inte…. Conor Maguire

If you’re a clinician looking after older people in ED or specialty ward? If you’re in primary care doing frailty work but want to learn? If you’re an MDT member doing one part of CGA but wants to find out about the whole? If you’re wondering what the point of CFS, 4AT etc is?👇🏾

Want to know more about how Chartered Society of Physiotherapy definition of physiotherapist prescribing might help you? Are there barriers to maximising prescribing capabilities? Read our new information here ⬇️⬇️⬇️
csp.org.uk/publications/i…

💫Today we ran our first Rehab Skills Development Day 💫 with fantastic HCSW’s ⭐️ Practical workshops, person-centred goal setting, MDT working, rehab 24/7 & empowering the HCSW team…just some of the topics that generated brilliant conversations & learning 💙 #communitybedsopt

Feeling like you can't cope or don't know where to turn?
Don't brush it under the carpet.
Help is available.
#TalkToSomeone

SCFT’s new Living Well for Longer app is our Innovation of the Month!

Amanda McAndrews, Queens Nurse, ANP shares the Frailty Team’s journey to implement the app and how it is helping to better educate and inform patients digitaltransformation.scft.nhs.uk/2023/11/13/fra…

#DigitalHealth