Our annual Realistic Medicine Conference was a great success, with nearly 70 colleagues attending.
All NHS Lanarkshire and university health and social care partnership staff were invited to the in-person event, at University Hospital Hairmyres lecture theatre.
Realistic Medicine for Lanarkshire is about realistic health and care and supports patients, their families and healthcare providers to discuss care and treatment options and together formulate the best treatment plan.
Karen Morrow, Realistic Medicine Programme Manager, said: “Attending the conference has enabled staff to engage with the realistic medicine vision for Lanarkshire and how it aligns with national realistic ambitions. It showcased local and national work and provided the opportunity to hear from colleagues about their realistic medicine innovation.
“This event supports CPD accreditation and necessary revalidation.”
Presentations included:
- Interface division supporting a sustainable health and care delivery model by Trudi Marshall, Executive Director for Interface;
- Evolving holistic and value-based approaches to care by Angela Donaldson, Health Promoting Health Service Senior;
- Influencing patient-reported outcomes – enhanced vetting and what matters for the patient and our reform by Mr Martin Downey, Clinical Director, and Lynn Mack, Programme Head for Access Division;
- Realistic medicine for general practice and the impact for future care planning by Dr Catriona Nisbet, GP Partner/cluster lead and Dr Jenni Gibson, Cancer Lead GP/Realistic Medicine Depute
- Why value-based health and care and Care Opinion can impact outcomes that matter by Anne Leitch, Scottish Programme Lead for Value Based Health and Care and Fraser Gilmore, Executive Director, Head of Scotland for Care Opinion.
In addition, there were author presentations for the posters on display with delegates nominating the winning poster as “Future Care Planning in the Older Population: A Review of Two Lanarkshire Sites” by Dr Megan Espie, Dr Kathleen McGee and Dr Susan Cook.
Feedback has been positive and delegates are being asked to complete the evaluation form if they have not already done so.
The conference presentation and posters will be available on the realistic medicine intranet and the NHS Lanarkshire website here.
