Following the last meeting in February, there was enthusiasm to re-invigorate the KSS ELC network to maintain peer support and share learning.

We would therefore like to invite you to attend the next KSS Emergency Laparotomy Collaborative (ELC) sharing event, in collaboration with NELA, on 13th November 2019 at the Village Hotel Maidstone.

This interactive, sharing and learning event will have an overarching theme re sustaining change/improvement and offers an opportunity to hear updates from everyone around successes and challenges, national updates, examples of improvement from other AHSN regions and patient engagement. We will also re-visit the dashboards to understand where the key blockers are with maintaining improvement and opportunities moving forward.

We hope you will be able to join us and a detailed agenda will follow shortly.

**There is now a national ELC workspace on Kahootz. This is an NHS platform that acts as a virtual network, allowing sharing, discussion and peer support. If you would like to join, please contact us at jowookey@nhs.net

Please note :

We are offering this event free of charge to you, but it is not free for us to run. We will cater for and plan the event based on the number of people registered on Eventbrite, so if you are unable to attend and cannot send a replacement, please either cancel your ticket via Eventbrite or email kssahsn.events@nhs.net at least a week before the event to avoid wasting food and materials. This will give us time to offer your place to someone on the waiting list. There will be a £50 charge for any no shows on the day.

Photographs may be taken at the event and used for promotional material, on our website or on twitter. If you do not wish your photo to be used please make yourself known to the organiser on the day.