In 2009, Dr Foster Intelligence highlighted wide variations across UK Trusts in the average length of stay for patients receiving hip replacements for neck of femur fractures. While the average length of stay in English acute Trusts was found to be 19 days, locally this ranged from seven days in the best performing Trust up to 43 days for the worst. With this in mind, Healthcare Events will be hosting a one-day conference aimed at improving the quality and productivity of care delivery for hip replacement patients, which will take place on Thursday 30 September, at 76 Portland Place, London.
This one day conference will be chaired by Mr Peter Kay, president of The British Orthopaedic Association and will open with Mr Graham Gie, consultant orthopaedic surgeon and president of The British Hip Society, who will discuss meeting the quality and productivity challenge. Key to this will be enhancing the Hip Replacement Service, and a number of case studies highlighting good practice will be presented at the event.
This will be followed by a session by Roger Taylor, research director, Dr Foster Unit, Imperial College London, who will present some key facts and figures to show variations in length of stay for hip replacement, how mortality and revision rates compare across organisations and internationally, as well as highlighting thought-provoking co-morbidity and mortality rates.
Improving productivity and reducing length of stay are two fundamental areas where progress can be made in order to improve the Hip Replacement Service. The morning continues with a focus on improving productivity and reducing length of stay for hip replacements and speakers will discuss a QIPP approach to hip replacement. Other topics will include: redesigning the patient pathway, simple measures for patients, looking at costs and savings, enhanced recovery, identifying the factors influencing length of stay and spreading good practice within the Trust.
The case studies will include a focus on a 24-hour hip replacement service at Hastings and Eastbourne NHS Trust recommended as an example of high quality care in action by the Department of Health and NHS Evidence. This will be followed by a second case study on developing enhanced recovery within a 24 hour hip replacement service.
Following lunch the conference will focus on care pathways for hip replacement with a number of speakers presenting on using care pathways as a tool to improve practice and reduce variation. The final session will conclude the day by discussing improving patient outcomes by learning from the National Joint Registry and discussing the key characteristics of high performing hip replacement pathways.
For further information on “Meeting the Quality and Productivity Challenge: Hip Replacements - Improving the Care Pathway”, and to book a place, visit: www.healthcare-events.co.uk/ct/td43/conf
