Outreach

Critical Care Outreach

Critical Care Outreach Teams support support staff and care for deteriorating and recovering critically ill patients and their families/carers across the whole hospital setting. Critical Care Outreach Practitioners (CCOP's) use a unique set of skills built upon existing professional competency and experience to develop a rapid and responsive, often multi professional service to act in the best interest of patients.

The Network Outreach Forum will be relaunched in May 2024 as a joint forum with the South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Network. The forum is open for members of the critical care outreach, rapid response, deteriorating adult teams across the two networks who meet to discuss issues, share best practice, network and collaborate on regional projects to promote excellence in the care of acutely unwell patients.

Forum Co-Chairs

Laura Midwood
Laura is Lead Practitioner for the Deteriorating Adult Response Team (DART) at Pinderfields Hospital.

Hazel Richards
Hazel is Lead for the Acute Response Team at The Rotherham Foundation NHS Trust as well at Trust Professional Lead for Advanced Practice & Non-Medical Prescribing Lead. Hazel has over 20 years nursing experience with a varied background including Theatres, Critical Care, Liver Transplant & Hepatobiliary Surgery and has been an ACP since 2018.

National Outreach Forum (NOrF)

The National Outreach Forum (NOrF) was founded back in 2004 by a group of enthusiastic professionals involved with the first Critical Care Outreach Teams. Since then it has evolved into a multi-professional interest group that seeks to promote excellence in the care of acutely unwell patients. NOrF provides a representative forum for Critical Care Outreach Service providers and recipients across the country who strive to optimise the quality of the acutely unwell patient’s treatment, care and experience.

Standards

National Outreach Forum Operational Standards for Critical Care Outreach Services (Dec 2020)

National Outreach Forum Operational Standards Self Assessment Tool (2022)

Critical Care Outreach Practitioner Framework
We are delighted to announce the publication of the Critical Care Outreach Practitioner (CCOP) Framework. This eagerly awaited competency-based document will facilitate the structured development and career progression of post registration Health Care Professionals (HCPs) working in critical care outreach or equivalent service, and introduce a system of credentialing recognised by CCOPs, hospital managers, clinical and educational commissioners, HEIs, national regulators and the public. Click on the links below to access the documents.

CCOPF Launch Statement

Critical Care Outreach Practitioner Framework

Appendix 1 - Enhanced Critical Care Outreach Competencies

Appendix 2 - Advanced Critical Care Outreach Competencies

Appendix 3 - Consultant Critical Care Outreach Competencies