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Prof Matthew Cooke

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Professor of Emergency Medicine, Director of Warwick Clinical Systems Improvement

CONTACT

Health Sciences Research Institute
Room A127
Medical School Building
Gibbet Hill Campus
University of Warwick
Coventry
CV4 7AL

Tel: 024 7657 3005
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; Informatics and Clinical Guidelines; Prehospital Medical Care.

RESEARCH GROUPS

Clinical System Improvement
Clinical Trials Unit
Emergency Medicine

BACKGROUND

CLINICAL SYSTEMS IMPROVEMENT: Matthew 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 ins in developing evidence based improvement and system design to improve patient safety. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HEALTH STRATEGY: Matthew was the Dept of Health advisor in emergency medicine until 2007 and was recently the 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. He continues to work with a variety of regional, national and international bodies on systems design, patient safety and emergency care. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EMERGENCY CARE: Work covers guidelines in emergency care (including directing the national coordinating centre for UK ambulance clinical guidelines and the National Library for Health emergency care library) and clinical trials in emergency care (in soft tissue injury and resuscitation). He has particular interest in research on reducing waiting times in emergency departments and prioritisation systems in ambulance services and end of life care in urgent care. Matthew also continues his clinical commitment at Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust as an emergency medicine consultant.

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

The Beta Agonist Lung Injury Trial (Prevention): BALTI Prevention, with Perkins Gavin, Health Sciences Research Institute, Cooke, Matthew W~ Health Sciences Research Institute~, Department of Health, Project Start Date: 01/03/2007 Project End Date: 29/02/2012
National Library for Health Specialists, with Cooke, Matthew W~Gadsby, Roger~ Health Sciences Research Institute~Health Sciences Research Institute~, NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, Project Start Date: 01/04/2008 Project End Date: 31/03/2011
Safer Clinical Systems tender to Health Foundation, with - - - Dr Mark-Alexander Sujan - Health Sciences Research Institute - Dr Sharon J Williams - Health Sciences Research Institute Dr Adrian Stokes - Institute of Clinical Education - University of Warwick - University of Warwick - University of Warwick - University of Warwick, Health Foundation, Project Start Date: 01/09/2008 Project End Date: 31/08/2010

Further Research Projects

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Cooke MW , Fisher, J., Dale, J., McLeod, E., Szczepura, A., Walley, P. and Wilson, S. (2005) 'Reducing Attendances and Waits in Emergency Departments: A Systematic Review of Present Innovations.', [Report] [view]
Lamb SE, Marsh JL, Hutton JL, Nakash R, Cooke MW. (2009) 'Mechanical supports for acute, severe ankle sprain. A pragmatic, multi-centre, randomised and controlled trial.' Lancet, The 373 (9663), 575 - 581 (0140-6736)
Coats TJ, Sutton S, Vorwerk C, and Cooke MW. (2009) 'In an Emergency - Call the Clinical Librarian!' Emergency Medicine Journal 26 321 - 323 (1472-0205)
Lamb, S.E., Fisher, J.D., Gates, S., Potter, R., Cooke, M.W., Carter, Y.H. (2008) 'A national survey of services for the prevention and management of falls in the UK' BMC Health Services Research 8 (233), (1472-6963) [article]
M.W. Cooke, J.D. Fisher, S.N. Brown. (2008) 'Is There Enough Evidence to Support the Reversal of Standard Trauma Care for Patients Who Have Been Suspended?' Annals of Emergency Medicine 51 (4), (0196-0644)