Type of publication:
Service improvement case study
Author(s):
*Rebekah Tudor
Citation:
SaTH Improvement Hub, June 2026
SMART Aim:
Improve elective theatre performance during GIRFT Optimisation Week (11–15 May 2026) by increasing cases per list, reducing cancellations to <4%, minimising delays in start times, and achieving >85% utilisation, while measuring additional patients treated.
Type of publication:
Service improvement case study
Author(s):
*Alessandra Fraser-Pye, *Isabel Barber-Chavez, *Emily Drage
Citation:
SaTH Improvement Hub, May 2026
SMART Aim:
Improve the induction process for Obstetric & Gynaecology for medical colleagues by the 31st May 2026 as evidenced by an increase in self rated job confidence via a survey of the Tier 1 doctors.
Type of publication:
Service improvement case study
Author(s):
*Nikita Gore
Citation:
SaTH Improvement Hub, May 2026
SMART Aim:
To increase the percentage of referrals to the therapy department from the Acute Floor that include a reason for referrals by 30% by 29th May 2026
Type of publication:
Service improvement case study
Author(s):
*Laura Wild
Citation:
SaTH Improvement Hub, April 2026
SMART Aim:
To accept handover of all patients arriving by ambulance within 3 hours of arrival to ED during February 2026, and 2 hours during March 2026.
Type of publication:
Service improvement case study
Author(s):
*Jo Kench
Citation:
SaTH Improvement Hub, July 2026
SMART Aim:
To reduce the number of avoidable admissions to the NNU for babies being treated for Jaundice (Q1/Q2 data from 4.2 % ) to 0% by end of Q3 (31st December 2025) using the audit from ATAIN proforma reviews.
Type of publication:
Service improvement case study
Author(s):
*Nawaid Ahmad, *Muhammad Irfan, *Ajmal Memon, *Nipun Gupta, *Haseeb Mudassir, *Sterin James, *Caryn-Tsujean Lim
Citation:
SaTH Improvement Hub, May 2026
SMART Aim:
Improve the proportion of medical patients who have a VTE assessment recorded on Acute Whiteboard and VitalPac with 14 hours of admission by 30/04/2026
Type of publication:
Service improvement case study
Author(s):
*Laura Wild
Citation:
SaTH Improvement Hub, April 2026
SMART Aim:
To accept handover of all patients arriving by ambulance within 3 hours of arrival to ED during February 2026 and 2 hours during March 2026.
Type of publication:
Service improvement case study
Author(s):
*Breast Imaging Department
Citation:
SaTH Improvement Hub, March 2026
SMART Aim:
To maintain uninterrupted access to breast screening for residents in Newport between November 2025-March 2026 as evidenced by productivity figures to support early detection of breast cancer.
Type of publication:
Service improvement case study
Author(s):
*Saurav Chakravartty, *Adam Farquharson, *Rebekah Tudor
Citation:
SaTH Improvement Hub, June 2026
SMART Aim:
To improve elective performance by increasing cases per list and achieving >85% theatre utilisation on 23 June 2026.
Type of publication:
Service improvement case study
Author(s):
*S. Fenton-Cook, *S. Tokley. *J. Tait
Citation:
SaTH Improvement Hub, July 2026
SMART Aim:
Increase the proportion of patients receiving therapy intervention within 24 hours of referral on ward 11 between 27th April – 24th May 2026 and Ward 37 between 11 th May 2026 – 5 th June 2026.
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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.