Colleagues from inpatients and community joined local authorities and Locala to hear informal updates and feedback from staff involved in the Safer Patient Flow Programme at a recent workshop.

The subjects covered ranged from a new way of delivering rehabilitation and a models of treating people at home without the need to admit them to a hospital bed. After each presentation there was the opportunity to discuss the impact of each piece of work and the benefits.

Pictured are some of the speakers: Marie Sullivan and Virtual Ward Manager Jayne Woodhead. In the attachment are ward managers Cath Carmody and Rachel Garside.

Bev Walker, Interim ADD in Medicine said: "It was really useful to hear what was happening in different parts of the organisation. There was a real mood of co-operation and a belief that we can work together to  innovate."