Service improvement case study

Improving oxygen prescription compliance on acute medical wards at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital (2025)

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Type of publication:

Service improvement case study

Author(s):

*Jeyapradeeban Arunachalam, *Evelyn Shennaike, *Omolola Awe, *Muhammad Ali

Citation:

SaTH Improvement Hub, December 2025

SMART Aim:

To increase the proportion of acute medical inpatients receiving oxygen who have a valid oxygen prescription (signed, dated, with an identifiable prescriber and target saturation range) from 10.8% to at least 20% within 4 weeks on the acute medical wards at RSH.

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Improvement to Stoma Care (2025)

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Type of publication:

Service improvement case study

Author(s):

*Paula Hilditch, *Rebekah Tudor

Citation:

SaTH Improvement Hub, December 2025

SMART Aim:

To improve the quality of stoma care given to patients on surgical wards as measured by pre and post teaching questionnaire and audit of stoma care practice by December 2025.

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Medicine Flow Team – Test of Change PRH (2025)

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Type of publication:

Service improvement case study

Author(s):

*Shelbey Fenton-Cook

Citation:

SaTH Improvement Hub, December 2025

SMART Aim:

During a 1-month test of change 22nd Sept – 17th October 2025

  • Increase pre 12:00 discharges to trust target of 35%
  • Increase pre 08:45 transfers to DCL to 10%
  • Increase in DCL utilisation to 50%
  • Reduction in simple LOS to trust target of 4 days

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Medicine Flow Team – Test of Change RSH (2025)

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Type of publication:

Service improvement case study

Author(s):

*Shelbey Fenton-Cook

Citation:

SaTH Improvement Hub, December 2025

SMART Aim:

During a 1-month test of change 22nd Sept – 17th October 2025

  • Reduction in simple LOS to trust target of 4 days
  • Increase pre 12:00 discharges to trust target of 35%
  • Increase pre 08:45 transfers to DCL to 10%
  • Increase in DCL utilisation to 50%

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