Episode 23 - Carolyn Hullick

Dr Carolyn Hullick

This week we spoke with Dr Carolyn Hullick. Former director of emergency medicine at John Hunter Hospital (JHH) and Greater Newcastle Acute Care Hospitals. Carolyn is an Emergency Physician and newly appointed clinical director for the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.

With a long career in improving emergency care for people living in residential aged care facilities, Carolyn was ideally placed to talk to us about caring for older adults in the ED. Currently practicing emergency medicine in Belmont Hospital in NSW (one of the Hunter New England health district’s 36 emergency departments), Carolyn gives us her unique insights into how we can improve the equity of care provision for our older patients, as well as some great options and strategies for supporting older people’s transition from the ED back to their own homes / care facilities.

In this episode we also hear about the complexity of providing care for this population, the NSW nurse led Aged Care Emergency (ACE) Model of Care, redesigning EDs for older patients and the interface between the ED and older people in the community.

We hope you enjoys this week’s episode and join us in wishing Carolyn all the very best in her new role in the commission.