Spot the difference.
If we're serious about improving patient care we need to improve the worst bits of care for them.
Carer support, Patient and Family/Carer education, and Consumables/Equipment are where are patients are telling us to focus.
#ByThePatientForThePatient#ITS6
"We're vulnerable, even more so now"
Malcolm Babb from NALC discussing the effect of COVID on people with laryngectomy.
Tales of patients being asked to wear face masks were rife over the last 12 months, even in hospitals. Do we need to raise public awareness?
#ITS6
"I couldn't do it, I just couldn't communicate and that was really, really stressful"
Julie on the difficulties communicating with a tracheostomy on #ICU
Should all #ICUnurses be asked to train to lipread?
#ITS6#ByThePatientForThePatient
Wow! 4 kids, 2 ventilators, 24/7 "waking care". Helen is quite the inspiration for any parent.
"Nothing can prepare you for the utter chaos it brings"
"We need guidance and a sharing of knowledge and know how"
What a talk!
#ITS6#ByThePatientForThePatient
https://t.co/6Zn3zg5EpT
We're pretty much all #OnPuree from now until Thursday. Time chewing could be better spent organising. Make sure you join us from 09:45GMT on 7th October.
#ITS6#ByThePatientForThePatient
1 week to go: #ITS6
Live from Manchester 7th/8th October. Whatever your role in #Tracheostomy Care, there will be something for you.
Tickets are £20, Free for
@global_gtc
member hospitals.
Book here:
https://t.co/rmsPUxWJoI
David will be discussing his tracheostomy care during our Patient and Family breakout session at #ITS6
Join him and help shape the future of YOUR #tracheostomy care.
https://t.co/PaqLpH9Wq3
Tickets are free for patients and family:
https://t.co/T8TVtxtXGP
David will be discussing his tracheostomy care during our Patient and Family breakout session at #ITS6
Join him and help shape the future of YOUR #tracheostomy care.
https://t.co/PaqLpHrxhB
Tickets are free for patients and family:
https://t.co/T8TVtxcmif