Identification of promising strategies to sustain improvements in hospital practice

"Joining a quality improvement collaborative may not be enough to achieve long-term normalisation of transformed care, and additional investments may be needed. The findings suggest that certain post-implementation strategies are valuable in sustaining implementation successes achieved after joining a quality improvement collaborative."

Identification of promising strategies to sustain improvements in hospital practice: a qualitative case study
SMC Ament, F Gillissen, A Moser, JMC Maessen, CD Dirksen, MF von Meyenfeldt, T van der Weijden
BMC Health Service Research, 2014; 14(1): 641. doi:  10.1186/s12913-014-0641-y

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Understanding quality improvement at scale in general practice

"Improvement guidance derived largely from hospital-based studies is, for the most part, applicable to improvement efforts in primary care settings, although large-scale change in general practice presents some particular challenges. These need to be better understood and addressed if improvement initiatives are to be effective."

Understanding quality improvement at scale in general practice: a qualitative evaluation of a COPD improvement programme
M Marshall et al.
British Journal of General Practice, 2014; 64(629): e745–e751. doi:  10.3399/bjgp14X682801

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The impact of a large-scale quality improvement programme on work engagement

"The findings demonstrate how QI activities, like those integral to the Productive Ward programme, appear to positively impact on the work engagement (the vigour, absorption and dedication) of ward-based teams."

The impact of a large-scale quality improvement programme on work engagement: Preliminary results from a national cross-sectional-survey of the ‘Productive Ward’
M White, JSG Wells, T Butterworth
International Journal of Nursing Studies 51(12),  2014, pp.1634–1643

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Leadership academy programmes

The Leadership Academy provide a number of courses designed to develop better leadership for NHS employees at all levels of experience, many of which are free or fully funded. These includes programmes specifically designed for nurses and midwives, as well as those for clinicians.

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Choice of provider and team in mental health care

"This guidance has been developed with colleagues from across the mental health sector. It seeks to promote a common understanding of what mental health patients’ legal rights are, where they apply, and what they mean in everyday practice. It should enable consistency in the application of these rights, while also acknowledging the need for clinical judgments and decisions according to the circumstances of individual patients."

GUIDANCE:Choice of provider and team in mental health care
The NHS Constitution
NHS England
December 2014

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Best practice in Memory Services

"With the increase in the interest in dementia and the need for high quality services, memory services have an important role to play in the assessment, diagnosis and management of people with suspected dementia."

Best practice in Memory Services: Learning from across England
A Burns, A Wilkinson, S Peachey
NHS England
December 2014

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Insulin pump therapy: clinical audit tool

NICE have published a cost saving audit tool to assist in comparing practice against the NICE technology appraisal guidance for insulin pump therapy.

TA151 Diabetes - insulin pump therapy: clinical audit tool
NICE
December 2014

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