Andrea Gibbons (improvement coach and researcher) from Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust/Bristol University describes an idea that has recently won funding from the Q Exchange. Q Exchange is a £600,000 funding programme administered by the Q Community (a network for connecting people with improvement expertise) and funded by the Health … Continue reading #Evidence Based QI – Putting our Heads Together! →

              To mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities (December 3rd 2019), Kate Pound (improvement manager) from the emergency care improvement support team (ECIST) shares a personal story. Kate also reflects on two events she recently attended for people with dyslexia. Follow Kate on twitter @KateSlater2   There are … Continue reading Building Abilities →

          Dr Richard Genever (Geriatrician/Physician) at Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust discusses how one of our primal instincts, fear, can positively and negatively influence decision making in the world of health and social care. ECIST would like to thank Dr Genever for allowing us to share this blog which first … Continue reading The Caveman →

              Kate Pound (improvement manager) from the emergency care improvement support team (ECIST) describes how the Royal London Hospital used a multi agency discharge event across the entire hospital. Follow Kate on twitter @KateSlater2   Recently, the Royal London Hospital (Barts Health NHS Trust) set themselves an ambitious challenge … Continue reading The Royal London Hospital Mega Multi Agency Discharge Event (MADE) →

  Recently, Vincent Baxter from the emergency care improvement support team interviewed Donald Berwick MD, MPP, FRCP, president emeritus and senior fellow at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, a non-profit organisation which uses improvement science to advance and sustain better outcomes in health and health care across the world. Appointed by President Obama Dr Berwick … Continue reading ECIST talks to Donald Berwick →