10 evidence-based ways the GP Clinical Evidence Fellows are making an impact
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Ceilidh Jackson – Baker, Project Support Officer with the commissioning evidence-informed care team celebrates the triumphs of our GP Clinical Evidence Fellows… In June 2017 I helped to organise an event to showcase the achievements of our GP Clinical Evidence Fellows. My team (commissioning evidence-informed care) support the ten Fellows to learn how to access…
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Flow Coaching goes from strength to strength
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Our Flow Coaching Programme is developing a group of regional flow experts and an improvement faculty capable of teaching and training staff. Funded by the West of England AHSN and the Health Foundation, the programme is being delivered by Royal United Hospitals Bath NHS Foundation Trust (RUH). Six coaches from the RUH attended the training…
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What’s your best-fit coaching style?
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Our quality improvement project support officer, Kate Phillips reflects on her learning from the West of England Academy Improvement Coach Programme… I recently took part in a great two-day improvement coaching event hosted by the West of England AHSN, funded by The Health Foundation. The event was attended by 26 of the West of England Qs,…
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How to achieve a successful working relationship with public contributors
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As with any member of our team, public contributors need to be properly valued and respected for the role they play in shaping and delivering our work, and need to be effectively managed. Here Hildegard Dumper draws on her professional experience to share her tips on how to achieve a successful working relationship with public contributors.…
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Eight ways to use QI for patient-focused care
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Our Director of Quality Anna Burhouse shares eight simple techniques for how to improve patient focused care in any organisation… I have been working with the University of Bath to design a free Future Learn course on Quality Improvement (QI) for healthcare professionals. It has now run twice and goes live for a third time in…
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Celebrating two years of NEWS
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The West of England AHSN, on behalf of the West of England Patient Safety Collaborative, hosted the fifth event of the Deteriorating Patient programme on 16 March 2017 at the Cheltenham Chase Hotel, Gloucestershire. This marked the two year anniversary of a programme, which specifically focuses on promoting the use of the National Early Warning…
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Watch our film to see NEWS in practice
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Our new film tells the story of Paul from North Somerset, who made a quick and full recovery from sepsis as a result of NEWS (the National Early Warning Score) being communicated at every handover of care. We are working with all members of the West of England Patient Safety Collaborative to encourage the use of a single…
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Dramatic turnaround from ‘requires improvement’ to ‘outstanding’
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Congratulations to University Hospitals Bristol on their dramatic turnaround from ‘requires improvement’ to ‘outstanding’ The West of England AHSN congratulates University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (UHB) for achieving an ‘outstanding’ rating from the Care Quality Commission (CQC) this week. We’re incredibly proud of their achievements, particularly those with a focus on patient safety. “The trust…
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We can and we should adopt NEWS
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Steven West, Chair of the West of England AHSN and Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West of England, explores how we can come together to create solutions that are sustainable, affordable and acceptable to all NHS stakeholders? Our NHS and social care system are one of the country’s greatest assets. They are a fantastic gift that we…
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Safety in numbers
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We are inviting expressions of interest from practices by 28 February 2017 to become part of Cohort 2 of the West of England Primary Care Collaborative. Within GP practices, just as in any organisation, a better safety culture is associated with greater satisfaction and engagement from staff – the safer the culture, the better the…
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