Graduation and Awards 7th September 2018

The award ceremony marked the end of the 7 month, Silver – Quality Improvement in Action Programme for 14 members of staff who have been working on 9 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.

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 - An appetite for improvement: Reducing the incidence of bloodstream infections in patients receiving parenteral nutrition via a central venous catheter by Margaret Collins
• Most Innovative Quality Improvement - No Surprises by Cathryn Braithwaite, Kate Mennie and Julie Harvey
• Best Quality Improvement Poster - To improve the management of violent and aggressive patients in Critical Care by Deborah Elliott, Sarah Mather

Posters representing each improvement initiative were displayed for the audience to view and vote for in the Best Poster category. At the conclusion of the programme participants have also graduate as Silver – Quality Improvement Practitioners, recognised by the presentation of a Silver QI pin badge and a certificate.

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.

The event is open to everyone to attend and we would encourage you to come along, support your colleagues in the other awards and to learn more about their improvements.

List of Quality Improvement Initiatives

• An appetite for improvement: Reducing the incidence of bloodstream infections in patients receiving parenteral nutrition via a central venous catheter by Margaret Collins
• To improve the management of violent and aggressive patients in Critical Care by Deborah Elliott, Sarah Mather
• Improving training for volunteers by Sarah Brown, Emma Price
• No Surprises by Cathryn Braithwaite, Kate Mennie and Julie Harvey
• Reducing delirium days in Critical Care by 20% by Deborah Seal
• Introduction of influenza point of care testing (POCT) to reduce hospital acquired flu & bed days lost to flu during 2017/18 season by John Boyes
• Discharge facilitation – increasing the amount of medication supplied to the ward ready for discharge by Kerry Sharland
• Facilitating partners to stay overnight in four bedded bays on the Maternity Ward by Kerrie Lotsu & Sam Rea
• Reducing unnecesary chest x-ray requesting in patients presenting with chest pain by Mark Allan