News & Updates
Improving population health: What is ELFT doing about it?
29 November 2018
This video is part of our November 2018 newsletter, available here. Our new mission at East London NHS Foundation Trust is to improve the quality of life for all we serve, with a new focus on population health. But what does this mean? Why are we doing this? And how will we get started? Here’s… Read More
Triple Aim: Working to improve the health of populations
28 November 2018
Directorates at East London NHS Foundation Trust have already started looking into defining the populations they will be working with. Find out more about projects in Newham Adult Mental Health, Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) and hild and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). Words by Gill Williams (Borough Director in Newham), Sarah Wilson (Specialist Services Director), Graeme… Read More
Giving young people a voice: QI training for service users and carers
21 November 2018
As part of our efforts to take people participation in Quality Improvement (QI) to the next level, the Children and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in Bedfordshire and Luton offered two workshop sessions for young people and carers who wanted to work alongside staff to identify and improve quality issues within healthcare. Find out more… Read More
Community Health Services QI Celebration
20 November 2018
Each directorate in ELFT has had the privilege of spending some time with our partners from the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) during their annual visit to ELFT in 2018. Words by Nynn Chang, Improvement Advisor. This year was a very special one for Community Health Services. It was the first time we hosted a… Read More
Top tips for starting a quality improvement project
13 November 2018
Thinking of starting a quality improvement project? Identified something that needs improving? Here’s my three top tips on setting up your project for success… Start with the end in mind. Often, the spark for improvement comes from an idea, a realisation that things would be better if we tried this new way of doing things…. Read More
Lead pharmacist wins prestigious national award
12 November 2018
Amy King, Lead Pharmacist for the Trust’s Tower Hamlets Centre for Mental Health, won the College of Mental Health Pharmacy award for the best Quality Improvement poster at their annual awards celebration on Saturday 13 October in Loughborough. Amy won the award for producing a poster which outlined the Quality Improvement Project that she and… Read More
