Case study

Effective rostering is fundamental to achieving both high-quality paediatric service and staff wellbeing. Pressure on staffing mean that rostering is more challenging than ever before. In our case study presentation, we describe ways in which electronic self-rostering (e-rostering) can be an effecti...

The Epilepsy12 audit supports continuous improvement activities within paediatric epilepsy services in England and Wales. We aim to improve clinical outcomes and reduce variation in care quality for children and young people with epilepsy.

Dr Michael McCarron, Paediatric Emergency Medicine Grid Registrar (ST8) from Sheffield Children’s Hospital, outlines the introduction of a GP streaming model and its impact on patient flow through the emergency department.

Dr John Criddle from the Evelina London Children’s Hospital describes the introduction of point of care diagnostics in the paediatric emergency department (PED) and its impact on patient flow.

Dr Keir Shiels at a district general hospital describes a measure to tackle delays in discharging patients: a satellite dispensary in a paediatric discharge lounge.

The team from the Children’s Emergency Department at Leicester Royal Infirmary describes how their department developed and adopted common strategies to use at times of escalation and major incidents.

Dr Richard Burridge and Dr Michelle Jacobs from Watford General Hospital discuss the introduction of a ‘twilight’ emergency nurse practitioner shift as one part of a range of measures to manage long waits in the children’s emergency department.

Dr Amitabh Gite, Clinical Director of Paediatrics at the Lister Hospital in Stevenage, outlines measures they implemented to address winter pressures, including a second registrar at night, a paediatric decision unit, increased nursing staff and ward clerk support.

Dr Stephen Mullen, Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine at Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children, describes an initiative to introduce a Winter Pressures clinic in the Emergency Department.

This page provides a best practice example for standard 3 of Facing the Future: Together for child health. Using the Connecting Care for Children (CC4C) model from North West London, Dr Jonathan Henderson, Consultant Paediatrician from Craigavon Area Hospital, has established a collaborative integra...