Medical
Training
We continue to work with Northern
Ireland Medical and Dental
Training Agency and the General
Medical Council and appreciate
their support in improving
postgraduate educational teaching
and training.
The Expert Panel has met four times
throughout the summer, considering
developments and progress on all
aspects of the Trust's stability plan.
Trust representatives are
participating in the regional Hospital
Reconfiguration Blueprint Project.
Led by the Department of Health,
Senior Trust staff along with
colleagues from across the HSC,
are contributing to four sub groups
to review and make
recommendations on the future of
the hospital network across
Northern Ireland.
Hospital Reconfiguration
Expert Panel
Winter Plan
A plan is being developed to set out
arrangements to respond to anticipated
additional pressures during the winter
months 2023/24.
It will focus on priorities highlighted in
NHS England's winter planning
approach and also regionally agreed
priorities set out by the Strategic
Performance and Planning Group.
We also aim to address four key
themes: admission avoidance;
unscheduled care and ED; patient flow;
discharge.
Key challenges remain ensuring
resilience and delivering against winter
pressures including workforce, finance,
aging hospital infrastructure, capacity to
deliver core services and continued risk
of COVID-19 outbreaks.
We are working closely with colleagues
across the HSC to take a regional
approach to managing winter pressures
and finalise our plans.