#FabChange20 – learning from COVID-19
October 19, 2020
To reflect the global pandemic, and the impact it has had on health and social care services globally, #FabChange20 shares learning from COVID-19.
The aim of #FabChange20 is to celebrate the innovations and changes within each part of the health and social care system that have arisen from the pandemic.
With this in mind we have dug deep to share changes both big and small which have been implemented across the Trust.
During this week we will sharing these stories throughout our daily bulletin.
Introduction of physiotherapy within Orthopaedic Fracture Clinic during COVID-19 together with e referral:
Prior to COVID-19, the target within SWB for referral of acute orthopaedic patient from point of referral to initial physiotherapy assessment was 14 days. Due to a number of factors including increasing number of referrals and additional processing time due to information quality and legibility, the actual time was 17 days.
In order to reduce the number of hospital visits the service needed and to prioritise patient safety whilst optimising care, an advanced specialist MSK physiotherapist (ACP) was allocated to work within the fracture clinic MDT. Electronic referral was additionally introduced for those patients assessed virtually by staff or seen elsewhere when physiotherapy was unavailable.
To find out more about this story, be sure to check out this short video featuring Kevin Tucker, Advanced MSK Practitioner as well as the below service evaluation: