Everything you ever wanted to know about public involvement but were afraid to ask
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In December, 30 people came together in Bristol to share experiences and come to a common understanding about how to implement good public involvement in healthcare settings. In the room were people from voluntary sector organisations, clinical commissioning groups, mental health services, Universities as well as Trusts and provider services. All came to the workshop…
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2016: the year in review
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What a year 2016 was for the West of England AHSN and our member and partner organisations. We asked our team for their favourite highlights from the last 12 months and here’s what they came up with… The International Forum on Quality and Safety in Healthcare, Gothenburg Attending and presenting at this conference back in April…
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Free six-week online course: Quality Improvement in Healthcare
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In response to popular demand the free online course on Quality Improvement in Healthcare – the Case for Change is being re-run on FutureLearn starting on 16 January 2017. Our Improvement Director, Anna Burhouse, along with Christos Vasilakis (Director of the Centre for Healthcare Improvement and Innovation at the University of Bath) and Tricia Woodhead (Associate…
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PMEA award for Don’t Wait to Anticoagulate
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Congratulations to the West of England AHSN’s Quality Improvement team and colleagues from Bayer who picked up a prestigious PMEA award for the Don’t Wait to Anticoagulate project. Designed to ensure patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) at risk of stroke are properly anticoagulated in line with NICE guidance, this joint working project received the ‘inVentiv…
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Time’s running out to join Q in the West of England!
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There’s just a few days left to apply to join the Q community. Applications need to be in by midnight on Monday 5 December 2016. Do you have experience in making improvements in health and care? Would you welcome the opportunity to collaborate with others to gain maximum impact for your efforts – without having to…
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The deteriorating patient: handover to me, handover to you
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The West of England AHSN, on behalf of the West of England Patient Safety Collaborative, hosted the fourth event of the Deteriorating Patient workstream on 15 September 2016. This marked 18 months since the start of this workstream, which specifically focusses on promoting the use of the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) in all health care settings across the…
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Emergency Laparotomy Collaborative update
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The Emergency Laparotomy Collaborative (ELC) started its implementation phase in September 2015. The two-year quality improvement project is a collaborative project between West of England, Kent, Surrey and Sussex and Wessex AHSNs with the aim of accelerating the spread of a care bundle that aims to improve standards of care for patients undergoing this surgery,…
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West of England AHSN leading the growth of the Q community
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The West of England AHSN has been chosen as one of three AHSNs across the country to lead the next phase of the Health Foundation’s exciting Q initiative, which will create opportunities for greater collaborative working for people from across our healthcare systems. The Health Foundation’s Q initiative is connecting people with improvement expertise across…
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One year on – why are patients still having unnecessary AF-related strokes?
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A new report called One year on – why are patients still having unnecessary AF-related strokes? was recently published by the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry’s (ABPI) Stroke in Atrial Fibrillation Initiative (SAFI), and launched at a special event at the House of Commons. Stephen Ray, Quality Improvement Programme Manager attended the event to represent our Don’t…
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A guide to patient and public involvement in quality improvement
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HQIP (Healthcare Quality Improvement Partnership) has updated its guide to Patient and Public Involvement (PPI) in quality improvement and it is now available to download. A number of quality improvement projects are included as case studies, including our Human Factors training for support staff in community organisations, led by Nathalie Delaney, Patient Safety Improvement Lead. You’ll find the…
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