Dr Matthew Needham
FRCA, FFICM
School of Medicine and Population Health
Consultant in Intensive Care Medicine and Anaesthesia, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals
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School of Medicine and Population Health
General Intensive Care Unit, D Floor, Critical Care Unit
Northern General Hospital
Herries Road
Sheffield
S5 7AU
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I was appointed a consultant Intensive Care Medicine & Anaesthesia at STH in 2023 following a two-year fellowship in perioperative quality and safety. Run in conjunction with the Safe Anaesthesia Liaison Group, the Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center this allowed completion of a masters degree in Healthcare Quality and Safety and clinical anaesthetic experience in Boston, Massachusetts.
During this fellowship I developed operational experience in patient safety, in-situ simulation and debriefing. In conjunction with the Center for Anaesthetic Research Excellence at Beth Israel I participated in retrospective cohort research that used routinely collected clinical data to investigate risk factors associated with adverse anaesthetic outcomes and test the large scale impact of QI projects.
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Since returning to Sheffield I have supervised audit, service review and quality improvement projects for resident doctors of all seniorities, and contributed to larger academic QI projects run by colleagues in our pharmacy department. I am QI lead for the Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine’s Professional Affairs and Safety Committee and hope to contribute to the development and widespread adoption of QI in our specialty.