TRACHES provides a scalable, sustainable approach to tracheostomy care. The digital TRACHES toolkits empower patients and healthcare professionals to do the basic, high-value things well, improving outcomes for patients and supporting self-management for those living with a tracheostomy in the community, and their family/ carers.

Why TRACHES?

• Improved patient safety and far fewer adverse events
• Patients empowered to manage their tracheostomy better, avoiding unscheduled care
• Improved efficiency and significant cost savings, including reduced LOS, reduced time to cuff deflation and decannulation, and potential savings £27k per admission/ £1.9m per Trust (NIHR ref)
• Ward teams, AHPs, Primary and Community Teams, all have higher levels of competency, skills, knowledge, and confidence
• Visibility of uptake and patient outcomes across the whole health system

Chaired by Professor Brendan McGrath from the National Tracheostomy Safety Project and featuring leading tracheostomy experts from across the UK, this one-hour event will showcase the impact TRACHES is already having in health systems and demonstrate how this fully joined-up toolkit can work for your area.

Event Highlights:

• The need for standardisation.
• Real-world outcomes from early adopters.
• Live demonstration of TRACHES and its key features.
• Expert panel discussions on standardising care across the UK.
• Live multidisciplinary Q&A session.

The event will be hosted on Microsoft Teams and the event link will be sent out on the morning of the event. The event will be recorded, and a video made available on the ICST Website for those unable to attend the event live.

Please note: If you are intending to watch the event from a mobile device, you will need to ensure that you have the Microsoft Teams Mobile app installed on your device as Microsoft Teams Live events are not supported via mobile web browsers.