News & Updates
Newham QI Wall artist Jonny Glover interviewed BBC Radio London
17 August 2017
Jonny Glover, the artist behind our Newham Centre for Mental Health Quality Improvement Wall was interviewed about his work on BBC Radio London recently. Jonny talked to Robert Elms about this fantastic project which won a prize at the 2017 World Illustration Awards You can listen to the interview below and visit Jonny’s exhibition at… Read More
Violence Reduction on Adult Inpatient Units; what has been achieved so far at ELFT?
11 August 2017
Between 2012 and 2015, Tower Hamlets Adult Mental Health inpatient wards reduced violence by over 40% and by 60% on the acute admissions wards, using a Quality Improvement approach. Since then we have scaled up the work to City & Hackney in early 2016 and Newham in mid-2016. Forensics also launched its own Collaborative in… Read More
Reflections and thank you from Professor Jonathan Warren
11 August 2017
Jonathan Warren is Deputy Chief Executive, Chief Nursing Officer & Executive Sponsor for Violence Reduction Whenever I think about what we’ve achieved already in terms of violence reduction at ELFT, I’m reminded of the time Andy Cruickshank (former Borough Lead Nurse in Tower Hamlets and now Associate Director of Nursing for QI) came to see… Read More
Developing a Quality Control Strategy for Violence Reduction
11 August 2017
by Jen Taylor-Watt, QI Lead for City & Hackney and IAPT and Lead Improvement Advisor for Violence Reduction & Andy Cruickshank, Associate Director of Nursing for QI and Senior Improvement Advisor for Violence Reduction In order to hold the gains we’ve achieved through the Violence Reduction Collaboratives, it’s key that we develop strong structures and processes… Read More
Forensics: First steps, early signs of reduction and an exciting journey ahead!
11 August 2017
By Nynn-Hui Chang, QI Lead for Forensics and Improvement Advisor to the Forensics Violence Reduction Collaborative & Day Njovana, Lead Nurse for Forensics & Lead for the Forensics Violence Reduction Collaborative Forensics is a unique setting in that the majority of patients are admitted following a violent index offence in the context of their illness,… Read More
Perspectives from Newham Inpatient Unit…
11 August 2017
The power of safety huddles; identification, prediction & strengthening team work. By Emma Binley, QI Lead for Newham & Improvement Advisor to the Newham Violence Reduction Collaborative & Paul McLaughlin, Borough Lead Nurse & Lead of the Newham Violence Reduction Collaborative The safety huddle is one component of the safety bundle that has been tested on the… Read More
Perspectives from City & Hackney Inpatient Unit…
11 August 2017
The Power of the Safety Discussion in Community Meetings; How openness, transparency and proactive conversations about violence in ward community meetings are helping us to develop a safety culture By Jen Taylor-Watt, QI Lead for City & Hackney and IAPT and Improvement Advisor for City & Hackney Violence Reduction Collaborative & Jane Kelly, Associate… Read More
Reducing Handcuff Usage in Medium Secure Services
8 August 2017
In April 2016, staff from several wards in the Forensic service came together to focus on reducing handcuff usage by 50% by December 2016. The use of handcuffing was normal safety protocol, mainly used for when transporting patients to and from the secure unit such as to appointments or to court. However, staff felt uncomfortable… Read More
Clinical Psychology QI SRRP Annual Conference
7 August 2017
On Wednesday 2nd August Clinical Psychologists from across the Trust came together for their QI SRRP Annual Conference. Service Related Research Projects (SRRP) are undertaken by all trainee Psychologists at ELFT and are focused on quality improvements to their service. Our trainees presented their QI work from the last 12 months, sharing improvement work happening… Read More
