Type of publication:
Service improvement case study
Author(s):
*S. Fenton-Cook
Citation:
SaTH Improvement Hub, April 2025
SMART Aim:
A system approach to reduce ‘avoidable’ inpatient aborts across SaTH by 25% by 1st April 2025
2025
Assessing Compliance with CT Head NICE Guidance in Patients Presenting with Head Injuries in RSH ED (2025)
Type of publication:
Service improvement case study
Author(s):
*Rakshanda Sadavarte
Citation:
SaTH Improvement Hub, April 2025
SMART Aim:
To improve compliance to NICE CT head guidance to 100% by 31st March 2025.
Streamlining Patient Care in Endocrinology: A Consolidated Handover Tool (2025)
Type of publication:
Service improvement case study
Author(s):
*Dr Krishna Iyer; *Dr Lauren Morris
Citation:
SaTH Improvement Hub, April 2025
SMART Aim:
To improve communication of patient details and reduce hospital stays by April 2025, as evidenced by doctor satisfaction with handovers and shorter discharge times.
SaTH Improvement E-Fundamentals (2025)
Type of publication:
Service improvement case study
Author(s):
*Richard Stephens
Citation:
SaTH Improvement Hub, April 2025
SMART Aim:
To increase the number of non-corporate colleagues completing the SaTH Improvement Fundamentals course by 1st May 2025.
Improve communication for patients transferred to the discharge lounge (2025)
Type of publication:
Service improvement case study
Author(s):
*Nkiruka Nduka
Citation:
SaTH Improvement Hub, April 2025
SMART Aim:
To improve patient and relatives understanding of the discharge lounge process by 80% by 1st April 2025
Care Transfer Hub Support Workers (2025)
Type of publication:
Service improvement case study
Author(s):
*S. Fenton-Cook
Citation:
SaTH Improvement Hub, April 2025
SMART Aim:
- Reduction in time spent ‘NCTR’ before discharge pathway assessment to 1 day by April 2025
- Reduction in PW2 and increase in PW1
- Reduction in inappropriate therapy referrals
Improving the discharge profile throughout the week (medicine RSH) (2025)
Type of publication:
Service improvement case study
Author(s):
*S. Fenton-Cook; *R. Knott
Citation:
SaTH Improvement Hub, April 2025
SMART Aim:
Increase the proportion of patient discharges at the beginning of the week as measured by weekly discharge data to improve overall discharge balance throughout the week by April 2025
Lying and Standing Blood Pressure on Ward 28 at RSH (2025)
Type of publication:
Service improvement case study
Author(s):
*Dr Radhi Al-Shaharli
Citation:
SaTH Improvement Hub, April 2025
SMART Aim:
I am aiming to:
- Reduce the number of falls on Ward 28
- Improve the proportion of Lying and Standard Observations undertaken both
pre and post fall
By May 2024
Improving Orthodontics and Oral Surgery pathway: Part 1 – Patient information (2025)
Type of publication:
Service improvement case study
Author(s):
*Leonie Seager
Citation:
SaTH Improvement Hub, April 2025
SMART Aim:
To improve the consistency and format of information being provided to patients who require surgical exposure and bonding of unerupted teeth and have been referred onto the oral surgery-orthodontics pathway by April 2025. There should be >95% acceptability from patients who watched the video
Surgical specimen dissection bench utility (2025)
Type of publication:
Service improvement case study
Author(s):
*Gayle Clarke
Citation:
SaTH Improvement Hub, April 2025
SMART Aim:
To improve the efficiency of the dissection process on the surgical cut up bench by reducing the time wastage/delays by 80% by 1st January 2025.
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust has an active Research and Innovation Department.
Find out more by visiting either the R&I Intranet pages (only available on a Trust PC) or the R&I pages on the SaTH website.
Shrewsbury and Telford Hospital NHS Trust has an active Improvement Hub.
Find out more by visiting either the Improvement Hub Intranet pages (only available on a Trust PC) or the Improvement Hub page on the SaTH website.