Emergency Access Reference Committee (EARC)
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Emergency Access Reference Committee (EARC). Sue O’Sullivan/Wendy Davis Statewide Emergency Program. Statewide Emergency Program. Improve access to emergency services Key challenges ED demand in Victoria’s public hospitals Population demographic change Demand for primary care in EDs
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Emergency Access Reference Committee (EARC) Sue O’Sullivan/Wendy Davis Statewide Emergency Program
Statewide Emergency Program Improve access to emergency services Key challenges • ED demand in Victoria’s public hospitals • Population demographic change • Demand for primary care in EDs • Demand for mental health services in EDs
Strategic Framework - Better faster emergency care Policy direction to meet the emergency care needs of the community in the future. 10 priorities • Develop new service options • Improve coordination between EDs & ambulance • Improve the patient experience • Mainstream new models of care • Explore new ways of working • Enhance safety and quality • Promote better systems for care • Promote better management of care -mental health problems, older people & children
Emergency Access Reference Committee (EARC) Provides advice & recommendations to the department on priority issues relating to the access of public hospital patients to ED services in Victoria Bill Newton - GPV Danny McGinnisken - MAS Lucy Cuddihy - Exec Director of Nursing, Barwon Health Alex Cockram - Director, Northwestern Mental Health Debra Cerasa -Director Clinical Services, LaTrobe Regional Hospital Jenni Jarvis - Executive Director of Nursing, RCH Craig Winter - Director of Emergency, SVH Ms Margaret Grigg - Manager, Statewide Emergency Program 4 sub committees established –primary care, aged care, mental health and ambulance
EARC - Primary Care sub committee GP representative – Bill Newton • Co-located GP clinics • ED care co-ordination guidelines • Fast track services • GPL Framework & planning activities
EARC aged care sub committee GP representative – Wendy Bissinger • Promoting a positive experience for older people in the ED • Sub acute & residential aged care access indicators • Winter demand management strategy
EARC Ambulance interface sub committee • Managing ambulance arrivals in the ED project • Guidelines for the transfer of ambulance patients into the ED Mental health sub committee • Management of behavioural problems in the ED • ED mental health mapping project