Proud to have led 1 of 4 pilot sites in Liverpool for Productive Ward with Talib Yaseen #QI #improvement #lean works best when practiced, focussed on clear challenges w/ senior leadership involvement
This works - time & coaching req’d (not training imho)
v happy to keep going

This new bibliometric and visual analysis paper on Lean in healthcare internationally reflects Ireland's growing outputs in health systems improvement.

I'm thrilled to be listed as the top most productive author for papers in the field, third most cited, and UCD is the 5th top…

Love this #engineering #improvement

The Ambulance Quality Indicators (AQI) have been updated!🚑🚨 But what are they are how can they be used to create opportunities for benchmarking and improvement 🎊 log in now to check it out https//model.nhs.uk 🖱️

The impact of regulation on the quality of care in nursing homes.... Behan L et al., published by HRB Open Research, hrbopenresearch.org/articles/7-23/…

Fantastic attendance from our ward teams, IDT and pharmacy for our LOS workshop! All updating their pledges to #endPJparalysis and SAFER BOSCA PDSAs ⁦Tyrone Roberts⁩ ⁦Bolton NHS Foundation Trust⁩

I am fond of a good horror story 📚👻
-but reading this paper by Prof. Christina Pagel & colleagues describes something far scarier than anything Stephen King can come up with 📖⬇️🫣

⏳2.5 years to get linked data sets! 📊
Its an #AcademicTwitter nightmare 😱

I said I liked a…

⛵ There are 42 deaths of despair - DoD; deaths due to drugs, alcohol & suicide - in every 100,000 deaths in coastal areas, vs 32 per 100K inland

✍ Luke Munford and Christine Camacho outline inequalities in DoD across England, & what policymakers can do

blog.policy.manchester.ac.uk/urban/2024/03/…

Introverts hate being told what to do. They're extremely sensible, logical, and rational. They do loads of thinking before they act. Done with consequences of consequences. When you tell them what to do, they've already thought, reflected and rejected it. Like twice already.

Interesting piece in the BMJ - Why hospital capacity is more complex than bed capacity.
#patientflow
bmj.com/content/385/bm…

Latest in the excellent THIS Institute Elements of Improving Quality & Safety in Healthcare series.
This one encourages those doing improvement work to engage in 'improvement ethics' to reflect on how different values are embedded and prioritised in healthcare improvement.

📢Fully funded PhD
🔹The role of non-executive directors in patient safety oversight
🔹Supervisors Laura Sheard Lauren Ramsey Dr Charlotte Overton RN & me, based School of Healthcare
🔹Closing date 12.6.24
Sits within NIHR Yorkshire and Humber PSRC theme led by Jane O'Hara Carl Macrae
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shorturl.at/jkST2

Just came across this. A really helpful example on dealing with resistance to change. #QITwitter
'Stop telling people what changes to make. Rather than asking, “How can I get this group of people to do what I want them to do?,” .. ask, “How can I get this group of people to…

Out today in BMJ Quality & Safety our paper on quality and safety of locum doctor practice led by Jane Ferguson. Key messages for organisations on how they use locums. Full paper open access at qualitysafety.bmj.com/content/early/…

10 Reasons to be cheerful! Counting down to my last working day as Chief Knowledge Officer, I'm celebrating the impact of the amazing work of healthcare librarians.
'Have you ever been asked to do more with less?' Take 2 minutes to find out more.
youtu.be/oAFtyiVZ5zU

Next week: Evaluating QI capability building using the Kirkpatrick model 💡

Join Dr Iain Smith in an interactive session which presents a case study exploring an evaluation tool recommended by FutureNHS.

Book: brnw.ch/21wITWs

New paper with Igor Francetic & Rachel Meacock 🇪🇺

A lot of attention has been paid to reducing 'avoidable' attendances at emergency departments

We looked to see whether these ‘avoidable’ attendances cause detrimental effects for 'non-avoidable' patients
doi.org/10.1016/j.jhea…

Louis Faber We haven’t got a whizzy app but are starting to build something along the lines that NELFT use