Mdt meeting nhs

Torry_Quine

Ruby_woo wrote: »

Thankyou for the quick replies.

I'm afraid I have to ask this next question....... Is this meeting just for cancer patients or all patients?
X

No, it's done for any patient who it's felt would benefit from it for instance if they have several different issues requiring input from many departments or people

Ruby_woo

Thanks so much everyone. I'm very grateful for your help, my mind has been put to rest, I can now try and sleep x

foreign_correspondent

Oh Ruby, don't worry, I have been onvolved in these as a professional - it's often just a case of a patient having a few different NHS professionals involved, (or NHS professionals and other agencies in the community), and an MDT is called when it would be helpful for them all to get into the same room, often with the patient and their family (but not always) to discuss what needs to be put in place to support the patient.

It is there to stop professionals miscommunicating, and to ensure information is shared, and everyone knows what their role is...

It should ensure better patient care - hope that helps, and very best wishes

cllola

Hi

I am an MDT co-ordinator and it is my job to organise these meetings. I deal only with cancer patients but there are several different types of meeting such as patients with suspected embolisms or spinal problems. Basically it is to make sure that everyone who could possibly be involved in that patients care is in agreement with the management plan. It was introduced to avoid 'mistakes' that could be made by one member of staff etc. In my opinon patient care has improved greatly because more often than not there is someone in the meeting who can suggest a better approach that a single doctor may not have thought of.

Person_one

Ruby_woo wrote: »

Thanks so much everyone. I'm very grateful for your help, my mind has been put to rest, I can now try and sleep x

Are you waiting for a diagnosis Ruby? I'm sorry if you're having a stressful time of it.

FBaby

Multi-disciplinary teams are normal practice in many discipline of medicine. It can be in relation to any acute care, but also community care, for instance, a MDT will review vulnerable patients at home to insure they are getting proper treatment to reduce the risk of them having to go to hospital.

The reason for MDTs is that different professionals involved in someone's care get together to discuss a particular patient and provide an overview of their needs from different perspectives.

FBaby

Just to add, I was referred to the consultant on the 2 weeks wait when i discovered a lump in my breast. I had a mamogram and an ultrasound. The consultant radiologist reassured me right away that it was just cysts, but that he would pass his report to the main breast consultant. When I received the letter from the consultant to say I was in the clear, it mentioned that my case had been reviewed at their MDT. It would seem that all cases are reviewed by the MDT regardless of whether there is an indication of cancer or not, for extra clinical assurance.