During the COVID-19 pandemic more patients have required ventilation support and as a result have required temporary tracheostomies. Many of these have been cared for outside intensive care units or on COVID-19 wards by staff providing care they have never previously delivered in unfamiliar environments.

In this blog Dr Brendan McGrath, national clinical advisor for the National Patient Safety Improvement Programmes’ COVID-19 safe tracheostomy care response and intensive care consultant at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, explains how Health Innovation Manchester and the AHSNs supported the rapid spread of safety interventions to improve care.

https://healthinnovationmanchester.com/dr-brendan-mcgrath-working-with-ahsns-to-rapidly-improve-tracheostomy-care-during-covid-19/