Graduation and Awards 16th March 2018
The 7th GSQIA Graduation and Awards Ceremony took place on Friday, 16th of March 2018 at 09:30am in the Lecture Hall in Sandford Education Centre, Cheltenham General Hospital.
The award ceremony marked the end of the 7 month, Silver – Quality Improvement in Action Programme for 8 members of staff who have been working on 6 different improvement projects across the Trust. This event gave each team the opportunity to share their work and their learnings and for the Trust to recognise and celebrate their achievements.
Congratulations to the Winners
Each team presented a summary of their improvement work and prizes have been awarded in the following categories through a combination of judging panel, online and audience voting:
Best Quality Improvement
Falls Prevention - reducing falls by 20% within 5 surgical wards
Most Innovative Quality Improvement
Improving the monitoring of bowel habit in patients on Clozapine in 2gether NHS Trust
Best Quality Improvement Poster
Best Quality Improvement Presentation
Improving ENT cancer wait times
Silver Level Quality Improvement Practitioners
At the conclusion of the programme participants have also graduated as Silver – Quality Improvement Practitioners, recognised by the presentation of a Silver QI pin badge and certificate:
- Improving the monitoring of bowel habit in patients on Clozapine in 2gether NHS Trust by Veena Aggarwal
- Maternity triage within 15 minutes of arrival by Ann Jasper and Maggie Arlidge
- Improving funduscopic examination in adult patients who are discharged from the Emergency Department with a diagnosis of headache by Felicity Hughes
- Falls Prevention - reducing falls by 20% within 5 surgical wards by Robert Randles
- Introducing Family Integrated Care (FICare) to the Neonatal Unit (NNU) by Karen Thomas & Mel Randleand
- Improving ENT cancer wait times by Hugh Wheatley
In addition to providing an opportunity to share the learning from improvements that are under way, these events form an integral part of the Academy objective to create an ‘Improvement Movement’ across the Trust, with the ultimate ambition of creating a culture of continuous improvement.