Author: Jason Curtis

Upskilling and Implementing splinting into Occupational Therapy (OT) inpatient therapy for Neurological patients (2024)

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Type of publication:

Service improvement case study

Author(s):

*Chelsea Hamer

Citation:

SaTH Improvement Hub, July 2024

SMART Aim:

Increase the number of patients who have early management splinting intervention by 45%, by 2nd September 2024. Evidenced through caseload audit.

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Barrett’s lost to surveillance project (2024)

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Type of publication:

Service improvement case study

Author(s):

*Margaret Meredith

Citation:

SaTH Improvement Hub, August 2024

SMART Aim:

To identify patients that have had a previous diagnosis of Barrett’s Oesophagus and offer a service that is compliant with NICE guidelines (2023).

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Datix Incident Triage for UEC (2024)

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Type of publication:

Service improvement case study

Author(s):

*Kelly Booth, *Gemma Selby, *Michelle Causier

Citation:

SaTH Improvement Hub, August 2024

SMART Aim:

To introduce a process so the ED & QGT team would have oversight over every single incident by July 2024 as evidenced by the team having a real time awareness of themes and trends that could be shared with the areas.

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Enhanced Care and Supervision Provision (2024)

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Type of publication:

Service improvement case study

Author(s):

*Sam Matthews

Citation:

SaTH Improvement Hub, September 2024

SMART Aim:

To create a substantive Enhanced Care and Supervision team that would reduce bank and agency staffing spend for ECS and Improve the quality of ECS for patient safety and experience as evidenced by a reduction in agency spend and feedback from patients, family and staff by September 2024.

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Improvement - Swan Suite for Relatives Ward 15/16 (2024)

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Type of publication:

Service improvement case study

Author(s):

*Jules Lewis, *Rebekah Tudor

Citation:

SaTH Improvement Hub, September 2024

SMART Aim:

To improve the current relatives room & create a Swan suite on Ward 15/16 for relatives to allow staff to have open and honest conversations about end of life care. This will be achieved by September 2024. Official opening the room is planned for October 2024.

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Screening of Patients for Dementia (2024)

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Type of publication:

Service improvement case study

Author(s):

*Gemma Styles, *Karen Breeze

Citation:

SaTH Improvement Hub, August 2024

SMART Aim:

To increase the amount of patients in the hospital that receive a screening for Dementia by a medic or surgeon by 10 percent. To be completed by the end of May 2024 as evidenced by an increase in scores on the quality audit.

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