Capacity and flow
Capacity and Flow
Posters
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AIM: To reduce the DNA rate to less than 20% for young adults (16-25) with Type I Diabetes in one outpatient clinic by 31st Jan 2018.
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Aim: By April 2018, 90% of urology cancer patients under the care of four surgeons will have completed a full pre-op assessment prior to admission for elective cancer surgery for either a cystectomy or a nephrectomy procedure.
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Aim All patients with a hip fracture are admitted to the Orthopaedic Ward within 4 hours of presentation to the Emergency Department (ED) with all Big 6 elements complete by January 2018.
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AIM: Improve referral to 1st contact booking time of the British Heart Foundation team at NHS Western Isles by 10% through the introduction, adoption and utilisation of new technologies.
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AIM: To improve the AMRU percentage of Discharges vs Admissions from 49% to 55% by December 2017
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Aim: To increase the use of a new single referral route into low secure and forensic services to 80% in NHS Ayrshire and Arran, by March 2018.
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Aim: By 1st September 2018, we aim to ensure that 80% of calls passed from Police Scotland will have a reporter’s telephone number or police airwave radio number recorded in the call note field.
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Aim That 95% of patients find it easy to access audiology at Lauriston building by June 2018. (patients attending for the 1st time)
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Reducing time taken for rural staff to contact the major trauma centre in the North of Scotland and make transfer arrangements Download (821 KB)
By the end of May 2018 90% of major trauma patients who arrive in Dr Gray’s Hospital and Gilbert Bain Hospital have an agreement to be transferred to Aberdeen Royal Infirmary (if appropriate) and the transfer arrangements are in place within 10...
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Aim Reduce the length of inpatient stay by 1 day for patients receiving rehabilitation within St John’s Hospital by April 2018.
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Developing an enhanced discharge pathway for patients with choroidal naevi (eye freckles) Download (2 MB)
Aim: To reduce the number of follow-up appointments for patients with eye freckles in the Belfast Trust to one per patient through discharge to Optometry Community Care by 25% by 1st September 2018
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Ensure no patient waits longer than 26 weeks for flouroscopic guided procedures by June 2018 Download (2 MB)
Addressing the waiting list for lumbar nerve root and facet joint injections in the Belfast Trust.
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Unscheduled care : care & residential homes : information to support decision making Download (465 KB)
Project Aim :By December 2018 information will be available to support decision making within acute services from 2 care and residential homes which will lead to: a reduction in the number of admissions by 5% from the current baseline within...
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Aim: to increase to 90% by October 2018 the percentage of patients whose physical eligibility for aesthetic surgery is established before they are invited, only if necessary, to a face-to-face clinical assessment at St John’s Hospital.
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AIM: All CAMHS Psychologists will engage service-users in a pro-active approach to Outcomes evaluation through the routine use of shared intervention Goals and defined Symptom-focused tools.
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Aim By October 2018, Speech and Language Therapy Do Not Attend (DNA) rates for children and young people attending Cambuslang Clinic will reduce to 8%
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Attendance of medication appointments
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By June 2018, to improve access to psychological therapies for patients who contact the Living Life service we would increase the number of assessments carried out by 60%.
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AIM: By September 2018 10% Emergency Department attendances will be referred on to the co-located Primary Care Out-Of-Hours department, to be seen there by a more appropriate clinician for their needs.
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Aim By August 2018, 90% of in-patient referrals to the HPCT will have a risk-stratified triage decision, documented same day of receipt.
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The aim of my project is to reduce the number of Occupied Bed Days (OBD’s) used by patients in the Guardianship process from the Falkirk area by 10% by December 2018.
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By December 2018, 95% of morning endoscopy lists will start at 09.00 hours.
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Improving discharge management for older people : a shared multi-professional approach Download (743 KB)
By end of December 2018, all admissions to the RNI will have achieved 95% or > reliability of the multi - professional assessment and goals for discharge completed by day 3 of their admission to hospital.
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The aim of the project is, by the 30th April 2018, to provide PETCT scanning for 80% of all Red Flag and Urgent (RF/Urg) patient referrals within 14 days of receipt of referral.
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To reduce the turnaround time between structural heart cath lab cases by 10minutes by June 2018
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To reduce delayed discharges from recovery for fracture patients by reducing the mean waiting time by 50%, by May 18
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By May 2018, 75% of all Laboratory tests requested by GUM clinic will be requested using Ordercomms
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By April 2018, 95% of women urgently referred with a suspected Gynae cancer will begin their first definitive treatment within 62 days.
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Improving Response Times for Patients Referred to Speech & Language Therapy in the Medical & Surgical Wards in Belfast Trust Download (2 MB)
By June 2018 Speech & Language Therapy will have achieved a 25% improvement in their recorded referral response times in the Medical / Surgical wards in the Royal Victoria Hospital (RVH) The SLT team in RVH consists of 3.77 SLT qualified SLTs and...
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AIM: By December 2018, 80% of people aged 75 years and over admitted to the acute medical unit at Forth Valley Royal identified as frail, will receive early specialist comprehensive geriatric assessment.
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Developing the partnership working Improvement approach between Scottish Government and NHS Boards Download (2 MB)
Aim: Foster the Improvement approach and spread into other areas within the Board and to other NHS Boards. Develop a consist and repeatable approach for partnership working between Scottish Government and NHS Boards
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Get me ready for home within 30 days : achievement of standard 11 of the Scottish hip fracture audit Download (837 KB)
Aim: By March 2019 the number of patients over 50 years old who are ready for discharge by 30 days post admission with a hip fracture will have increased by 15% for those who have been admitted to Forth Valley Royal Hospital from their own home in...
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Aim: To improve the efficiency, patient and staff experience of the endoscopy suite at the Western General Hospital by reducing system delays during scheduled lists (by 50%) by March 2019.
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Reducing length of stay for cardiology patients who undergo a procedure in the cardiac catheterisation lab in University Hospital Hairmyres Download (525 KB)
Aim: By August 2019 the average length of stay for all Cardiology patients in Hairmyres Hospital will be reduced by 1 day in line with Realistic Medicine ethos and Achieving Excellence Workstream across NHS Lanarkshire.
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AIM: By October 2019, 90% of people accepted onto the NHS Orkney MSK physiotherapy service will be seen within the 4 week referral to treatment target time.
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Supporting children and young people to access timely and appropriate specialist dental care Download (509 KB)
Aim: By June 2019, oncology paediatrics first assessment will be carried will out by a senior dental specialist increasing from 30% to 95%.
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Aim: By August 2019, 50% of patients discharged/transferred from Acute Receiving Unit 1 (ARU 1) in Queen Elizabeth University Hospital will leave via Discharge Lounge (DCL)
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Aim: By May 2019 (7 months) 75% of sedated patients having an endoscopic procedure will be discharged within 90 minutes from arrival in Post Recovery to discharge within the Endoscopy Unit, University Hospital Monklands.
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Aim: By July 2019, the number of patients admitted to the Older Adult Assessment Unit (OAAU), who meet Healthcare Improvement Scotland (HIS) Frailty Criteria, will have increased by 40% from an average of 15 to 21 patients per week.
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100% of stroke rehab patients will have rehab goals recorded in their file in the new weekly recording tool by Dec 2019.
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Improving Discharge Pathways for Residents in Intermediate Care Beds within Statutory Residential Homes Download (2 MB)
To reduce length of stays (14 days ++) in ICS beds in one statutory residential home by 30% by December 31st 2019
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Introducing an Occupational Therapy VC Daily Huddle to improve communication, decision making and flow Download (617 KB)
By Dec 2019, 90% of the referrals to Occupational Therapy where there is a query about which Occupational Therapy Service is most appropriate, are triaged within 48 Hours of accessing a service
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By January 2020, the number of delayed discharge patients who experience delays in Fraserburgh Community Hospital whilst waiting for care at home services will be reduced by 50%.
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80% of patients in an Orthopaedic Trauma Ward in Perth Royal Infirmary go home or to a homely setting on their planned date of discharge by December 2019.
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To reduce the percentage of children being referred for a general anaesthetic for teeth extraction at the Royal Hospital for Children (NHS GGC) to less than 20% by March 2020.
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Reduce the Number of Rejected Referrals by 70% by May 2020 in line with the recommendations from the Rejected Referrals to CAMHS: A Qualitative and Quantitative Audit (2018).
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To Increase Theatre Utilisation in NHS Highland's Rural General Hospital (RGHs)
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Improving Acceptance of Referrals by Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Download (310 KB)
By April 1st 2020 there will be a 20% increase in the proportion of total referrals accepted by Lochgilphead Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)
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By April 2020 the median length of stay for all patients admitted to University Hospital Wishaw having sustained a hip fracture will have decreased by 1 day
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90% of referrals from Primary Care to be accepted by CMHT
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To Reduce Patients Unnecessary Stay in ICU 1 Beyond 11am from Current 89% to 75% by April 2020
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By April 2020, there will be a 50% reduction in the amount of time patients spend waiting for low acuity Ambulance transport from Ward 109 at the Royal Infirmary Edinburgh.
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Home First: improving flow from hospital to home for Aberdeenshire patients in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary Download (350 KB)
To increase the percentage of Aberdeenshire patients being discharged home from Aberdeen Royal Infirmary to 90% by April 2020.
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By April 2020 90% of patients who have a diagnosis of Stroke will be admitted to the Stroke Unit within 1 day of admission to University Hospital Wishaw.
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Reducing the time patients spend in the Emergency Department (ED) at Borders General Hospital Download (431 KB)
By May 2020, we aim to reduce the average time non-admitted patients spend in ED by 10 minutes
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The aim of this work as to reduce the service users wait for OT support accrued during the Covid 19 Pandemic by 30% in 12 weeks.
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To improve unplanned care by ensuring that Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment is initiated within 24 hours of presentation for 90% of Frail People age 75 years and older presenting at Inverclyde Royal Hospital by June 2020
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Improving time from referral to booking: reducing the time taken for vetting CT scan referral forms in a South Wales Radiology department Download (699 KB)
99% of CT scan request forms received in a South Wales Radiology Department, regardless of priority or specialty to be vetted within 48hours of receipt by 31 March 2020
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By JUNE 2020 Occupational Therapists working in NHS GGC Acute Services will have offered 90% of placement weeks required to meet the AHP Practice Placement Agreement for 20/21 with at least 10 weeks notice for HEI placement planning.
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Analysis of the approach to delivery of dental care by NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Oral Health Directorate, during the pandemic.
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Reducing delay for patients requiring Care at Home on discharge
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Increasing the uptake of flu vaccinations for NHS 24 staff
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Linking together: Improving referral to triage waiting time to access a GP Community Link Worker Download (763 KB)
Linking together: Improving referral to triage waiting time to access a GP Community Link Worker
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Introducing Frailty Screening for Emergency Attendances at University Hospital Hairmyres Download (444 KB)
Introducing Frailty Screening for Emergency Attendances at University Hospital Hairmyres
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Improving the Time to Initial Visit for People with Learning Disabilities
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Improve the Functional Recovery pathway for patients in General Medicine and reduce their length of stay. Download (493 KB)
Improve the Functional Recovery pathway for patients in General Medicine and reduce their length of stay.
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A Project To Reduce The Number Of Paediatric ENT Referrals Added To The Outpatient Waiting List
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Improving Emergency Access Performance in the Midst of a Pandemic.. Can you?
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Reducing the wait for ASD assessment
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High Intensity Users of 999 Scottish Ambulance Service
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To support access to right care, in the right place, at the right time
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Reducing the impact of missed appointments on the delivery of Covid-19 vaccinations in an island setting. Download (654 KB)
Reducing the impact of missed appointments on the delivery of Covid-19 vaccinations in an island setting.
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Improving data collection for first episode psychosis
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Improving ward processes to reduce length of stay on Ward A1 UHW to enable it to function as a true short stay ward (<3 days)
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Development of a Mental Health Real Time Staffing Resource.
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CAMHS D&G VISION: Children, young people and families will get the right help, at the right time, from the right person
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Improving Length of Stay for Patients Referred by GPs to Assessment Unit 1 at Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy Download (622 KB)
Improving Length of Stay for Patients Referred by GPs to Assessment Unit 1 at Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy
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Improving the Outcomes for those Clients identified for the Enablement Pathway from Hospital Download (4 MB)
Improving the Outcomes for those Clients identified for the Enablement Pathway from Hospital
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Facilitating discussions for timely discharge in Fern ward, Rosewell House
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A project to shorten the period between registration at the ARI Emergency Department (ED) and completion of triage.
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Reducing the number of presentations at the Aberdeen Royal Infirmary (ARI) Emergency Department (ED) Download (781 KB)
Developing a better model of care with a view to optimise patient flow across ARI
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Reducing Consultations’ Time and Maximising Patients’ Satisfaction in the Urogynaecology Clinics – NHS Lanarkshire
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Increasing Collaborative Discharge Planning Conversations – How QI made this possible Download (391 KB)
By January 2023, 90% of people transferred to Glenmore ward for continued rehabilitation will have a collaborative discharge conversation documented and shared with key stakeholders
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Improving Access to Psychology For People in Hospital With Early Episode Psychosis Download (659 KB)
Increase the number of people with early episode psychosis (EEP) accessing psychological assessment while on acute psychiatric wards in NHS Lanarkshire by 30% by March 2023
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Improving Waiting Times for New Patient Review in Outpatient Gastroenterology Clinics through MDT working
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The aim is to have 75% (15 team members) of the dedicated Quality Improvement Team at NES using the work scheduling tool according to the NES QI Team agreed process by February 2023
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The use of an ACRT(Active, Clinical, Referral, Triage) vetting tool to achieve waiting times standard across NHS Lanarkshire.
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To reduce the number of patients who return for review to Church St practice in Coatbridge within 4 weeks of their consultation with the primary care mental health nurse by 25% by February 2023
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