Prof Matthew Cooke

TITLE

Professor of Clinical Systems Design, WMS & Associate Medical Director, Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust

CONTACT

Health Sciences
Room A123
Medical School Building
Gibbet Hill Campus
University of Warwick
Coventry
CV4 7AL

Tel: 024 7657 3164
Fax: 024 7657 4657
Email: M.W.Cooke@warwick.ac.uk

RESEARCH PROFILE

Clinical Systems Improvement; Patient Safety and Systems Design; Organisation of Emergency Healthcare; Soft Tissue Injuries; Prehospital Medical Care.

BACKGROUND

Matthew was elected to the HSJ 100 most influential clinical leaders in June 2013. He leads the CLINICAL SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENT group who teach and research on systems thinking to improve quality and safety of care. This uses learning from other sectors and includes approaches such as lean thinking, six sigma, systems reliability and human factors. His particular interest is in developing evidence based improvement and system design to improve patient safety.In EMERGENCY CARE he directs the national coordinating centre for UK ambulance clinical guidelines and is involved in clinical trials in emergency care (in soft tissue injury and resuscitation). He has particular interest in research on reducing waiting times in emergency departments, safer clinical systems and prioritisation systems in ambulance services and end of life care in urgent care.Matthew also continues to work at Heart of England NHS Foundation. Matthew was the National Clinical Director for Urgent and Emergency Care at the Department of Health until October 2012. His recent work has included developing national quality indicators and clinical governance for NHS111. He was previously regional clinical lead for the Darzi Review of the NHS. He has also worked with the National Audit Office, Prime Ministers Delivery Unit and the Healthcare Commission. He has also advised overseas governments on organisation of emergency care.

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

EASY CARE International programme May 2013 to June 2014, Funded by: Pfizer Inc, Project Start Date: 31/05/2013 Project End Date: 01/06/2014
NIHR i4i via UHCW: Warwick Spinal Immobiliser, Funded by: University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Project Start Date: 01/06/2011 Project End Date: 30/11/2013

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Cooke MW (2013) 'Intelligent use of indicators and targets to improve emergency care' Emergency Medicine Journal Online First: 12 February 2013 doi:10.1136/emermed-2013-20239
Cooke M, Brown S, Fisher JD, Hines S, editors. (2013) UK Ambulance Services' Clinical Practice Guidelines 2013 Editors: Fisher JD, Cooke MW (9781859593639), Bridgwater, Somerset: Class Professional Publishing
Lamb SE, S.G., Williams M, Williamson, EM, Mt-Isa S, Withers Ej, Ashby D, Cooke MW, Underwood MR. (2012) 'on behalf of the MINT Study Team Emergency department treatments and physiotherapy for actute whiplash: a pragmatic, two-step, randomised controlled trial.' Lancet, The 12
Esain AE, Williams SJ, Gakhal S, Caley L, Cooke MW (2012) 'Healthcare quality improvement - policy implications and practicalities' International Journal Of Health Care Quality Assurance 25 (7), 565 - 581
Sujan, M. -A., Ingram, C., McConkey, T., Cross, S. and Cooke, M. W. (2011) 'Hassle in the dispensary : pilot study of a proactive risk monitoring tool for organisational learning based on narratives and staff perceptions' BMJ Quality and Safety 20 (6), 549 - 556 [article]