Prof Matthew Cooke

TITLE

Professor of Emergency Medicine, Director of Warwick Clinical Systems Improvement

CONTACT

Health Sciences
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.

BACKGROUND

Matthew is the National Clinical Director for Urgent and Emergency Care at the Department of Health. His recent work has included developing national quality indicators. 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. 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 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 his clinical commitment at Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust as an emergency medicine consultant.

CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

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
Proactive Risk Monitoring in Healthcare (PRIMO): Prerequisites for deployment in diverse settings and the impact on safety culture, with Dr Mark-Alexander Sujan, Health Sciences, - - - - - - - Prof Matthew W Cooke - Health Sciences Research Institute, Funded by: Health Foundation, Project Start Date: 01/09/2011 Project End Date: 28/02/2013
Clinical Handovers within the Emergency Care Pathway and the Potential for Harm of Clinical Handover Failures (HTA full), with Dr Mark-Alexander Sujan, Health Sciences Research Institute, Prof Peter C Spurgeon - Health Sciences Research Institute - Prof Matthew W Cooke - Health Sciences Research Institute, Funded by: National Institute for Health Research (DoH), Project Start Date: 01/04/2011 Project End Date: 30/09/2012
RfPB via Heartlands NHS Trust: Balti Prevention Study. Full Clinical Trial, with Professor Gavin D Perkins, Health Sciences Research Institute, Prof Fang G Smith - Health Sciences Research Institute Miss Claire Daffern - Health Sciences Research Institute Mrs Elizabeth M Ball - Health Sciences Research Institute Dr Sarah J Duggan - Health Sciences Research Institute Prof Matthew W Cooke - Health Sciences Research Institute Prof Sallie E Lamb - Health Sciences Research Institute Dr Simon Gates - Health Sciences Research Institute, Funded by: Birmingham Heartlands Hospital NHS Trust (Teaching), Project Start Date: 01/08/2009 Project End Date: 31/07/2012
Amendment: Patient Safety in Ambulance Services., Funded by: National Institute for Health Research (DoH), Project Start Date: 21/11/2011 Project End Date: 30/06/2012

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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Lowthian, J. A., Curtis, A. J., Cameron, P. A., Stoelwinder, J. U., Cooke, M. W. and McNeil, J. J.(2011) 'Systematic review of trends in emergency department attendances: an Australian perspective' Emergency Medicine Journal 28 (5), 373 - 377 (1472-0205) [article]
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]
Cameron, P. A., Schull, M. J. and Cooke, M. W.(2011) 'A framework for measuring quality in the emergency department' Emergency Medicine Journal 28 (9), 735 - 740 (1472-0205) [article]
Peachey, T., et al.(2011) 'Minor head injury in the Republic of Ireland : evaluation of written information given at discharge from emergency departments' Emergency Medicine Journal 28 (8), 707 - 708 (1472-0205) [article]
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 (2044-5415) [article]