VC Education Network

Sandra StarkNurse Consultant

June 2015

A flexible and responsive single national specialist

transport and retrieval service for

NHS Scotland, providing safe, effective and

person-centred care.

ScotSTAR Vision

Single national service

Central infrastructure hub

Shared administration and managementCommunications – single referral point

Telemedicine and decision support24/7 clinical provision

Integrated air and road operations

Neonatal and

Paediatric Service Nodes

Adults Paeds Neonates

ScotSTAR

Vision

TEAMS

Neonates

• Medical lead Consultant – Alan Jackson• Nursing Service Lead – Annmarie

Wilson• Consultants• ANNP’s/Transport nurses• Grid Trainee/medical fellows• 3 teams based in the North, West and

South East

Paediatrics

• Medical Lead consultant – David Rowney

• Nurse Consultant – Sandra Stark• Consultants• Retrieval nurses• Grid trainees/fellows• 1 team providing 24/7 cover

Adults

• Medical lead Consultant – Stephen Hearns

• Lead CCP – Stuart Daly• Consultants• Critical care Practitioners• Medical Trainees• 2 teams providing 24/7 cover for

primary and secondary retrievals

Air wing Paramedics

• Area Service Manager – Rob Dalziel• Team leader – Kathy Simpson• Air wing paramedics for both fixed

wing and rotary wing aircraft

Specialist Services Desk

Developments

• EC145 Helicopters will replace the EC135

• Refurbishment of the fixed wing aircraft

• All resources will be based at Glasgow Airport

Developments

• Mobile ECLS

Training and Education• In house training and simulation –

simulation room in the base• Continuing to provide outreach

education to remote and rural areas• Continuing to provide feedback to

referring hospitals

When change occurs there are those who let it happen, those who make it happen

and those who wonder what (the hell) happened...

• 2,500 secondary transfers/retrievals per annum

• ~80 wte (100+ headcount) • Majority nurses/doctors• Paramedics, support staff

(pharmacy/medical physics/admin)• AMD, Head of Service, Medical/Clinical

Leads• Central coordination• Central base with satellites• Shared governance, management structure• Cost £9.5m p.a.

Summary