Thursday 10 June 2021 | 08:30-09:30

Format: Lecture

Stream: Population and Public Health

Additional filters: Responses to the covid-19 pandemic

The response to covid-19 has been felt all around the world. Rapid change and improvement has been seen with teams, organisations and systems rallied around one clear objective. In this rapid fire breakfast session, you’ll hear how two different organisations adapted to the covid-19 pandemic, and the opportunities as well as challenges this presented.

(Part A) A Pandemic of Rapid Improvement and Responsiveness

We will discuss how Imperial College Healthcare Trust, a large teaching hospital, put improvement and leadership at the centre of our response to covid-19. Learn how we improved safety via our PPE helpers, focused on staff well-being and ensured effective clinical decision making in unchartered territory.

Lara Ritchie, Imperial college healthcare NHS Trust; England

(Part B) The reconfiguration of clinical services: an experience in Regione Lombardia Health Trust during covid-19 era

We report the recent experience of Bergamo Est Health Trust in reconfiguring one hospital, within its network, for acute patients (Calcinate’s hospital) moving towards treating patients with a lower level of clinical risk (local community hospital), and in reconfiguring the other ones (Seriate’s hospital, Alzano Lombardo’s hospital, Piario’s hospital and Lovere’s hospital) with new E.R. depts., ICUs, Operating rooms entirely dedicated to covid-19 patients.

The whole trust reconfiguration was carried out only after a deep analysis of the needs of the population served, and with the participation of the stake-holders, including municipalities and community’s representatives.

Francesco Locati, Regione Lombardia; Italy