Professor Dan Lasserson - Leading Lights

'How much of the acute hospital can be replaced with Acute Hospital at Home care models?'

This event took place on Monday 10 May

Summary of talk:

In this talk, Professor Dan Lasserson will argue that the current acute medical care pathway is not sustainable for the years ahead. He will be looking at how the current steps being taken to mitigate acute care system pressure will also need further changes. In addition, Professor Lasserson will explore how innovations in process of care are required to make fundamental changes to the acute care pathway as we determine how much of current hospital-based care provision can be delivered in community settings.

Biography:

Dan Lasserson is Professor of Acute Ambulatory Care at the University of Warwick, working clinically in the Acute Hospital at Home services for Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust. He is a founder member of the UK Hospital at Home Society.

Professor Lasserson has previously worked in primary care as well as his current role in hospital medicine and is the Theme Lead for Acute Care Interfaces in the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) West Midlands. He is also Theme lead for Acute Ambulatory Care in the NIHR Community Healthcare MedTech and In-Vitro Diagnostic Cooperative (MIC).

Professor Lasserson is the chief investigator of an NIHR Policy Research Programme study examining the optimal acute medical care delivery model during winter and waves of COVID-19. He also leads the NIHR STOPAPE trial on the management of sub-segmental pulmonary embolism and also works on the NIHR CONDOR study, examining point of care tests for COVID-19, PROTECT-CH examining prophylaxis for COVID in care homes and AVID-CC, a Wellcome Trust Therapeutics Accelerator funded trial examining how a TNF antibody could improve outcomes for patients in care homes with COVID-19.

Professor Lasserson's work for the Society for Acute Medicine includes leading its national hospital benchmarking audit (SAMBA), sitting on the Society for Acute Medicine’s Research Committee and as a member of the Editorial Board of the Acute Medicine Journal. He is a member of the Steering Group for NHS England’s Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) programme.

Prof Dan Lasserson