Emergency Department crowding is hard to explain to non-clinical audiences. A cognitive bridge is a three-step tool to help others understand.
Explaining Emergency Department Crowding Using a Cognitive Bridge Read More
How can a hospital improve patient flow when beds, staff and resources are stretched? This appraisal examines Yeovil’s whole-hospital design science project, including shared goals, multidisciplinary routines and reported improvements in flow, while considering how the approach might translate to other hospitals.
JC: Improving patient flow Read More
Will expanding training places secure the emergency department workforce? This response to England’s 2017 workforce plan examines recruitment, new clinical roles and protected teaching time, while arguing that consultant wellbeing and sustainable careers need much greater attention.
Securing the Future of the ED workforce? St.Emlyn’s Read More
Could consultants gain more control over their working hours while maintaining department cover? Craig Ferguson explains how annualised hours and self-rostering work together in a shared spreadsheet, describing the flexibility achieved, the safeguards needed and the practical problems encountered.
How can an ED make its leadership and development roles clearer? Southampton’s collaboratively written leadership portfolio sets out duties, accountability and allocated time, helping consultants and specialty doctors use job planning to agree expectations and review their non-clinical work.
Developing a “Leadership Portfolio” in your ED Read More
Reflections on Roy Lilley’s presentation at the 2015 RCEM conference, including the gaps patients encounter between services. Simon Carley highlights the argument for designing care around patients’ needs, alongside a short video introduction and links to examples of healthcare innovation.
Roy Lilley at #RCEM15. St.Emlyn’s Read More
A satirical ‘Fellowship of Corridor Medicine’ introduces a serious discussion of emergency department overcrowding. Simon Carley follows the spoof with practical reflections on departmental leadership, communication, sharing risk across the hospital and supporting patients and staff when demand overwhelms the space available for safe care.
Studying for FCM (Fellow of Corridor Medicine) at St.Emlyn’s Read More
Why does accurate emergency department coding matter beyond hospital income? This 2014 podcast introduction explains the English payment system used at the time and how incomplete records can distort accounts of the care patients receive, encouraging clinicians to record investigations, treatment and discharge information carefully.
Show Me The Money: Coding at St.Emlyn’s Read More
