Multidisciplinary pancreatic ward round: components, roles and partners*
| Member | Role | Partners* |
|---|---|---|
| Surgeon | General management + surgery | Existing resource |
| Gastroenterologist | ‘Medical’ problems | Existing resource |
| Outpatient non-surgical problems | ||
| Pancreatic CNS* | Patient support | Cancer service |
| Communication | ||
| Organisation | ||
| Diabetologist/CNS | Metabolic problems | Diabetes service |
| Insulin control | ||
| Outpatient follow-up | ||
| Intensivist | Management of critically ill patients | Existing resource |
| Addiction CNS | Assess addictions (alcohol and other) | Hepatology Community addiction programmes |
↵* Partners are services which might join with a pancreatic unit in a business case.
CNS, clinical nurse specialist.