Emma Walker, who leads our work on Shared Decision Making (SDM), joined partners at the NHS Right Care’s dedicated zone to lead presentations on AQuA’s work on SDM, as part of the national Ask 3 Questions campaign.
Speaking after the event, Emma said:
“Being at Expo with the Rightcare Team was an excellent opportunity not only to link with some amazing thought leaders on ‘Person and Community Centred Care’, of which Shared Decision Making and Self-Management Support (SMS) are aspects of this approach, but also to speak to a range of members and NHS colleagues about what AQuA can offer in support.
“I was delighted to give two presentations on our work. The first with Dr Alf Collins, Dr Al Mulley and Professor Matthew Cripps, looked at closing the Perception Gap in relation to SDM, with my section focusing on AQuA’s expertise and experience in putting the theory into practice.
“In the second we discussed some of our top tips for embedding SDM into practice, focusing on our experience from the past 5 years of working with teams to embed SDM and SMS at both team and organisational level.”
The aim of NHS Expo is to bring clinicians and managers from across the NHS to explore how to innovate and use technology to improve care and treatment to patients.
This year’s conference continued to explore the latest developments in health and care and the continued vision behind the NHS Five Year Forward View, with keynote speeches from NHS England boss Simon Stevens, Sir Bruce Keogh, and Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt.
The two-day event was a great opportunity for the AQuA team to talk about their work with members and wider colleagues across the NHS, and patients to discuss how SDM can help improve their relationships with clinicians and experience of care.
We look forward to attending NHS Expo once again in 2017. For more information about our work on Shared Decision Making, including individual case studies, please visit our website.
