National Collaborating Centre for Acute Care

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National Collaborating Centre for Acute Care

• Jacqueline Dutchak, Director
• 5 December 2001

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Partners of the NCC-AC

• Royal College of Surgeons of England
• Royal College of Anaesthetists
• Royal College of Ophthalmologists
• Faculty of Dental Surgery

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Links with

• London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
• Clinical Effectiveness Unit

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NCC-AC Management Board

• Members
• Professor Peter Bell (RCS)
• Mr Graham Smith (RCOA)
• Professor Nick Black (LSHTM)
• Mrs Shane Ridley (RCS Patient Liaison Group)
• Mr John Sparrow (RCO)
• Dr M. Jeremy Shaw (FDS)
• Observers
• Dr Jan van der Meulen (CEU)
• Ms Jacqueline Dutchak (Director, NCC-AC)
• Professor Peter Littlejohns (NICE)
• Mr Stephen Goulder (RCS management)

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Staff
Information Scientist Carlos Sharpin (0.5 wte)

• Systematic reviewers/project leaders
• John Browne (0.5 wte)
• Nirree Phillips (0.6 wte)
• Julia Langham (0.6 wte)

PA Saadia John (1.0 wte)
Director Jacqueline Dutchak (1.0 wte)
Health economist David Wonderling (0.5 wte)
Statistician Jan van der Meulen (0.3 wte)
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Current guidelines

• Pre-operative testing
• Head injury
• Lung cancer diagnosis and treatment

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How we work..

• Lead systematic reviewer (project manager)
• Systematic reviewer
• Information scientist
• Health economist

Guideline Development Group
Staff support and input (e.g., Director, PA,
Statistician)
National Guidelines Support and Research Group
National Guidelines and Audit Patient Involvement
Unit
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Next up for the NCC-AC

• Guideline Developers Workshop
• Expansion of Centre
• Additional guidelines and audit