News & Updates
Improving interventions for parents of children and young people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in CAMHS
30 June 2017
Laura Roughan, Psychologist, in our City and Hackney Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service, writes about her team’s QI project aimed at Improving interventions for parents of children and young people with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in CAMHS Background In 2015, City and Hackney Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) devised a pathway model for… Read More
ELFT CAMHS Services Quality Conference
30 June 2017
On Wednesday 28th June 150 colleagues from across the Trust’s CAMHS services came together to dedicate time to further develop their understanding around capacity and demand issues. Identified as a priority area for the directorate, the aim of the day was to take a deep dive into understanding flow through the services, identify what works… Read More
The Specialist Addictions Services Quality Conference
30 June 2017
The Specialist Addictions Services Quality Conference on Wednesday 28th June started off with an encouraging message from the Chief Executive Officer, Dr Navina Evans. The day had a good mix of sharing, learning, networking and celebrating the culture of improving quality that is shared by the core services that make up this passionate directorate –… Read More
Training Student Nurses in QI
8 June 2017
At ELFT a large part of our work around QI focuses on developing improvement skills in our staff, service users & carers so that they can lead QI work. But what about building skills in groups of people who will soon be joining the organisation? A great example of this is our student nurses at… Read More
How easy is it to collect data during improvement work?
5 June 2017
Some of the most common questions that arise when a team is doing improvement work are around data and measurement. This varies from what data to collect, where to get it, how to analyse and present it and how to use it. Some projects can rely on centrally collected data through the various Electronic Patients… Read More
Breaking the Rules
2 June 2017
In March 2017, a campaign at ELFT encouraged all staff to “break the rules”. Endorsed by Dr Navina Evans (Chief Executive) and Dr Kevin Cleary (Chief Medical Officer), staff were encouraged to highlight the bureaucratic, unnecessary and petty rules that are getting in the way of our work. By highlighting and then eliminating these rules… Read More
