Carolyn is a GP, practicing in NHS Highland with a specialist interest in Long COVID. Carolyn is also a member of the National Strategic Network for Long COVID.
Carolyn will be joined by Jane Ormerod who led our mixed ECHO group last year. Jane is a retired nurse and consultant who is also chair of a national Long COVID charity as well as being a member of the strategic network.
Carolyn is a GP, practicing in NHS Highland with a specialist interest in Long COVID. Carolyn is also a member of the National Strategic Network for Long COVID.
Carolyn will be joined by Jane Ormerod who led our mixed ECHO group last year. Jane is a retired nurse and consultant who is also chair of a national Long COVID charity as well as being a member of the strategic network.
COVID changed the landscape for everybody. The emergence of prolonged symptoms presents a new challenge for the public and professionals with so much still to be understood.
These ECHO sessions will allow primary and secondary care professionals to collaborate in an 'all teach, all learn' forum, to further understand commonly reported symptoms, explore good practice and consider how this will improve outcomes for patients.
There are no easy answers, and new learning is emerging all the time. However, there are some recurrent themes, and we have prioritised specific topics to be presented by subject experts.
The Scottish Centre for Project ECHO (SCfPE) has been collaborating with NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) and Scottish Government partners to explore ECHO methodology as a tool for future learning. The inception of this programme was driven by the work within the National Strategic Network for Long Term Effects of COVID-19.
As a result of this ECHO network, we would hope that participants will have:
This ECHO programme is for GPs working for NHS Scotland or national and local government.
The ECHO community of practice will be led by a facilitator Each ECHO session is comprised of a brief presentation (generally 15-20 minutes), followed by a short Q&A.
During the rest of the session, participants in the virtual network will present real patient/system cases for discussion and recommendations from the network and expert team.
The community of practice aims to create a safe enjoyable space for learning. The sessions operate an "all teach, all learn" ethos with participants playing an active part in the learning created by bringing case presentations to share. You can read more about participation in ECHO here.
The programme is currently being finalised and details will appear here.
Dr Nadine Cossette, Consultant Liaison Psychiatrist at Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Professor Ewan MacDonald
Professor Alan Carson, Consultant Neuropsychiatrist
Moira Sidney, NHS Lanarkshire
Please fill out this form to register your interest in the upcoming meeting along with future Long COVID ECHO sessions.
If you have difficulties using this form, or you would like more information before you register, please contact us directly at info@echo.scot.
There is no charge for ECHOs - they are free to attend.