Multi-disciplinary Meetings. When an issue/subject arises that would be best addressed through a Joint Labor Management meeting involving members from more than one bargaining unit represented by the Union, either party may request such a meeting. The Union may bring one representative from each of the bargaining units impacted and the Employer will bring appropriate management staff to address the issue/subject. The scope of authority of the meeting and release time for employee representatives will be treated in a manner identical to the individual bargaining unit Joint Labor Management meetings.
Multi-disciplinary Meetings. When an issue/subject arises that would be best addressed 19 through a Joint Labor Management meeting involving members from more than one 20 bargaining unit represented by the Union, either party may request such a meeting. The 21 Union may bring one representative from each of the bargaining units impacted and the 22 Employer will bring appropriate management staff to address the issue/subject. The 23 scope of authority of the meeting and release time for employee representatives will be 24 treated in a manner identical to the individual bargaining unit Joint Labor Management 25 meetings.
Multi-disciplinary Meetings. Bowel cancer may be diagnosed through a variety of routes; fast-track referrals where a patient is seen within two weeks, routine referrals from primary care, emergency presentations through Accident & Emergency or through national screening programmes. Other than in extreme emergencies, such as when the bowel is blocked or has perforated, the care of these patients is discussed in a multi-disciplinary meeting (MDM). The MDM is attended by many specialists with relation to bowel cancer; surgeons, gastroenterologists, radiologists, pathologists, medical and clinical oncologists, palliative care specialists, cancer nurse specialists and other allied health professionals and administrative staff. It is the aim of these meetings to discuss each patient’s care, agree upon the diagnosis and staging and then formulate the best options to subsequently put forward to the patient. Such meetings have now become the gold standard in colorectal cancer care in the UK and are associated with improved patient outcomes (7).
