Gail Lowdon, clinical surveillance lead, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides an insight into the opportunities for shared learning at this year’s QIST conference.
This year, Quality Improvement for Surgical Teams (QIST) will be taking place on Tuesday 18 October and Wednesday 19 October at The Marriott Gosforth Newcastle. Gail Lowdon, clinical surveillance lead, Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, provides an insight into what’s on offer at this year’s conference.
The trauma and orthopaedic service at the Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is the largest in the North East and carries out over 2,500 hip and knee operations each year and has been one of the first to carry out fast track joint replacement surgery, halving recovery time and reducing complications.
The annual conference of Quality Improvement for Surgical Teams (QIST), hosted by Northumbria-Healthcare NHS Trust and led by consultant orthopaedic surgeon, Mike Reed, and clinical surveillance lead, Gail Lowdon, aims to continue to bring together like minded professionals in all healthcare roles to continue in driving the commitment of improving and sharing best practice across the specialties of enhanced recovery in total hip and total knee joint replacement surgery, hip fracture care (HipQip) and in the prevention and reduction of surgical site infection (SSI), overall aiming for positive patient experiences and outcomes.
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