The Multidisciplinary Team

The Multidisciplinary team (MDT) at Westbury Group Practice was founded, in its current form, in 2019.

It is well known that multidisciplinary teams enable health and social care practitioners to collaborate and work more efficiently to improve patient care and thus patient outcomes.

Our MDT meets weekly, giving staff the opportunity to discuss patient care with the wider team and obtain advice from other experts.

Future Planning

An important part of our care is preparing patients for the possibility that a time in their life may come when they may become seriously ill or disabled. We support people to record their preferences and wishes for future care and treatment in case they are unable to make theses decisions for themselves. We do this through the ReSPECT process – Recommended Summary Plan for Emergency Care and Treatment.

ReSPECT

The ReSPECT process creates personalised recommendations for a person’s clinical care and treatment in a future emergency in which they are unable to make or express choices.

These recommendations are created through conversations between a person, their families, and their health and care professionals to understand what matters to them and what is realistic in terms of their care and treatment.

Patient preferences and clinical recommendations are recorded on a non-legally binding form which can be reviewed and adapted if circumstances change.

The ReSPECT process can be for anyone but will have increasing relevance for people who have complex health needs, people who are likely to be nearing the end of their lives, and people who are at risk of sudden deterioration or cardiac arrest. Some people will want to record their care and treatment preferences for other reasons.

More information about the ReSPECT process can be found via ReSPECT | Resuscitation Council UK.

If you would like to have a discussion with one of our team about completing a ReSPECT document please ask for an appointment with a GP or one of the Older Person’s nurses.