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Improving communication
Upcoming webinars
Monday 28 October 1pm - 2pm
Death certification reforms: What you need to know
Join Dr Suzy Lishman CBE, a histopathologist and medical examiner who has been working on death certification reform for over a decade, to learn about the recent death certificate reforms. Including the role of the medical examiner, changes to the medical certificate of cause of death, cremation forms and the role of the registrar and coroner.
Wednesday 14 November 11:30am - 12:30pm
Talking about uncertain recovery - a new guide to beginning honest conversations in the urgent care setting
In this webinar, Dr Louise Robinson and Dr Antonia Field-Smith will introduce their new communication guide, ‘talking about uncertain recovery’, they will share experiences and tips from their clinical practice to facilitate conversations around uncertain recovery.
Thursday 14 November 11:30am - 12:30pm
Mastering written communication with patients: Best practice and the role of AI
Join Rory Cellan-Jones, former BBC journalist and technology correspondent; Dr Anne Kinderlerer, digital health clinical lead at the RCP, Dr Hugh Rayner, retired consultant physician and nephrologist, and Dr Charlotte Sharp, consultant rheumatologist. The panel will discuss current practice, the future of written communications and the role of AI.
Campaigns
A broken hip: three steps to recovery
The National Hip Fracture Database 2024 State of the nation report
Every year, over 70,000 people in England, Wales and Northern Ireland will fall and sustain a hip fracture. Most people now survive, so it is not enough to measure quality of care by examining mortality figures alone. This report shows how the National Hip Fracture Database captures patients’ experience and helps to answer questions about three key steps in recovery from this injury. The report aims to provide readers with a simple guide to all these data and resources by describing the care that hip fracture patients should receive on their journey to recovery:
- as they first present with a new hip fracture
- as surgery allows them to get out of bed again
- through rehabilitation until they are back in their home
