The first Pan-London Aortic Dissection (AAD) Governance Day, hosted by clinical leads from across London and coordinated by the North and South London Cardiac Operational Delivery Networks, is an invitation-only event supported by The Aortic Dissection Charitable Trust, ensuring the patient voice remains central to the discussions.
The day will bring together multidisciplinary teams involved in the Pan-London AAD pathway to reflect on shared challenges, review service delivery and shape strategic priorities for the year ahead. Key topics will include pathway adherence, data quality, collaboration across sites and improvements that directly impact patient outcomes.
The charity is proud to contribute the patient perspective to this discussion, ensuring that those with lived experience of aortic dissection help to inform how care is delivered across London. This event is closely linked to the PanDAMAAS (Pan-London Decade-Long Analysis of Misdiagnosis of Acute Aortic Syndromes) project, funded by the charity, which is examining the rate and causes of missed or delayed diagnoses of acute aortic syndromes across London hospitals.
By participating in this event, the charity continues to champion the importance of patient-centred approaches in system-wide governance and improvement efforts.
