Another fantastic #patientfirst Wave 24A session at PRH yesterday. Really inspiring work coming from the discussions around wider problem solving at all levels - well done everyone, we’re excited to see how your A3 projects develop! 👍University Hospitals Sussex #kaizen

A great buzz in Team Day 1.3 of Wave 24A as our wonderful teams prepare for Catchball conversations and learn about the ‘5S’ process! Great work all! #patientfirst #kaizen University Hospitals Sussex

How do we have a ‘Green Day’ Chris Clement leading the first cohort of wards at University Hospitals Sussex to go through our new Patient First initiative called the Daily Management System. Allowing wards to plan, reflect and improve on key trust objective’s.

One of our Care of the Elderly wards at Royal Sussex County & Princess Royal Hospitals ICU involved patients in a Words of Wisdom project which asked them to share heart-warming and interesting things they've learnt throughout their lives. Some samples of this lovely advice can be found below 😊#patientfirst University Hospitals Sussex

Last week our Wave 24A #patientfirst teams had great discussions with COO @andyheeps.bsky.social . The teams are developing quality fishbone diagrams to further their A3 projects. Amazing progress through this wave by all teams, fantastic work! University Hospitals Sussex #Kaizen

We’re delighted to feature as the cover story of this month’s issue! It includes our fantastic physio colleagues discussing the improvements to rehab space in our Louisa Martindale Building in Brighton and how life for patients and staff has been transformed for the better. 💙

Action shots of Wave 24A pushing forward with their A3 projects and learning about PDSA (Plan, Do, Study, Act) cycles! Great work everyone 👍 University Hospitals Sussex #patientfirst #kaizen

Durrington Ward getting to grips with selecting their DMS metrics in training yesterday. Great engagement from all and fabulous to have 2 Consultants actively involved in these crucial, early design stages of the DMS. Thanks all! #patientfirst #kaizen

The Trevor Mann Baby Unit at RSCH at their early morning Improvement huddle - interesting conversations accompanied with smiles and great teamwork; really proud of your work. Well done everyone! University Hospitals Sussex #patientfirst #kaizen

Our teams learning about coaching approaches to Improvement Huddles and working to ensure everybody has a voice. Non-utilised intellect can contribute to wasted opportunities - so get as many people involved in your huddles as possible! #Kaizen #patientfirst University Hospitals Sussex

The RSCH Audiology team have worked tirelessly over the past 6 months, successfully increasing clinical capacity to 95% using PFIS tools including Standard Work, 5S, Status Sheets and Improvement Huddles as Business as Usual. Incredible dedication to improvement! 👍 University Hospitals Sussex

The remainder of our frontline medical teams undertook their DMS training this week - the session was opened up by our COO @andyheeps.bsky.social, generating some lively conversation and discussion around the benefits of our newly implemented Daily Management System👍University Hospitals Sussex #patientfirst

A great day University Hospitals Sussex working on our patient-safety project for neonatal haemorrhage Sim&SkillsUHSussex #PatientSafety #Simulation

Burlington Ward started their DMS huddles this week with great enthusiasm from the whole team. Ward Clerk Lisa volunteered to run the huddle this morning and what a great job she did ! 👏 #DMS #kaizen #patientfirst University Hospitals Sussex

What an incredible facility. This newly improved suite is fantastic and we’re sure it’s greatly enjoyed by our youngest patients whilst they have their scans. 💙 (Also, we spy Emily on the seabed – she seems to be missing her snorkel!) 🤿

Amazing work Amy! Always great to work with UHSussex_Preceptorship ☺️👌 University Hospitals Sussex

Our Senior Kaizen Business Partner Chris Clement and Improvement Practitioner Jade Warner spent the day learning and networking at a Patient First Conference hosted by Medway NHS Foundation Trust. Great reflections and insights to bring back to University Hospitals Sussex.

We had great PFIS engagement with the OT & PT teams at Princess Royal Hospital last week, and with the new rotation team members involved too! Amazing work and welcome to University Hospitals Sussex ☺️ #kaizen #patientfirst

“Culture is how your heart and stomach feels about Monday morning on Sunday night." (H/T George Stern)

MEET THE TEAM Today we introduce to you all our new Head of Strategy Deployment Natacha Deschamps - Smith. Great to add an experienced leader to our team. Welcome and Good Luck! University Hospitals Sussex