Achievements |
| Highlights
to date inclue: |
- Over
1000 NHS staff across all specialties trained in service improvement
techniques
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- A
Service Improvement Toolkit has been produced and issued to over
300 NHS staff
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- The
Service Improvement Toolkit was highly commended at the West Yorkshire
NHS Modernisation Awards 2005, a finalist in the Health Service
Jounal Awards (2006) and a finalist in the Guardian Public Service
Awards (2006)
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- From
a position where many patients waited over 12 hours in Accident
and Emergency for a bed after a decision was made to admit them
to hospital, 84% of patients at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
now have a bed allocated within an hour
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- Average
patient times in Accident & Emergency Departments has reduced
from over 4 hours to around 2 ¼ hours
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- Development
and implementation of care pathways across specialties have ensured
that patients receive equitable evidence based care
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- The
implementation of the Referral Booking Service has reduced the
number of referral access points across within the Trust by over
500 in the last 6 months
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- Capacity
and demand analysis for the dispensing of take home medicines
led to redesign work within the Pharmacy Department. This resulted
in improved turnaround times and reduced delays in patient discharges
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- Improvement
design work in the area of emergency surgery has led to better
preoperative planning and scheduling, and the implementation of
a care pathway for fractured neck of femur. This resulted in a
reduction in the number of cancelled operations
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- Development
of a tracking system to allows GPs to follow the status of a patient
referral to a consultant in secondary care, reducing clinical
risk, improving the patient experience and reducing time spent
chasing referrals
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- Improvement
and redesign work in the area of Clinical Support Services has
led to the reduction of missing and damaged items. The implementation
of a policy and set of procedures for the fast tracking of kit
improved communication between theatres and Clinical Support Services
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- Improvement
redesign work across theatre suites has resulted in a change to
the way radiography is coordinated reducing delays during operations
and patient anaesthesia time
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- The
development and implementation of a guideline for blood requests
and supply for the theatre suite at St James's Hospital has reduced
blood product wastage within theatres, and reduced the number
of trips to the blood bank by theatre staff
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