News & Updates
Applying QI along the journey to becoming a Marmot NHS trust – Tackling social determinants of health in Newham and Luton
20 July 2022
Over the past 50 years, the recognition of the role that the wider social determinants of health play have been increasingly highlighted. These building blocks of health include things like work, education, housing, demographic factors and access to food to name a few. However, what is clear is that those who are more socio-economically disadvantaged… Read More
Pursuing Equity Perinatal Project
20 July 2022
Justine Cawley, ELFT Trustwide Lead for Perinatal Mental Health In this clip you can hear from Justine on how they are working to support improving outcomes for women experiencing perinatal mental health issues. Hear why it’s important to some of the groups most impacted by the issue. You will also hear what the team are… Read More
How Newham Mental Health directorate are pursuing equity
20 July 2022
By Catherine Heaney, Improvement Advisor, ELFT QI Three teams in Newham Adult Mental Health services, are working to pursue equity for those they serve using Quality Improvement (QI) methods as part of the ELFT Pursuing Equity Programme. In this story you can find some short video clips from these teams describing the focus of their… Read More
Using QI to support access and outcomes for Black and Minority Ethnic populations in Newham, Tower Hamlets and City & Hackney
20 July 2022
By Carlos Santos, Improvement Advisor and Sam Ogunkoya, Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME) People Participation Worker & QI Project Lead In this interview you will hear from Sam Ogunkoya and the project he is leading to improve the accessibility of Mental Health Services for the BAME population of Newham, Tower… Read More
Pursuing Equity – Equal Access to Tower Hamlets Early Intervention Service Psychology
20 July 2022
by Eleanor Addo, Ramla, Shanaz, Catherine Tunnard, Abi Harris, Katie Kelly, Tomazia Galhardo, Fiona Lin, Amani Milligan, Eleanor Nuzum and Elliot Miller Interested in the power of co-production? Want to ensure your service is more equitable? Read how Tower Hamlets Early Intervention Service (THEIS) harnessed co-production to make their service more equitable and increase and… Read More
Bow ward shortlisted for Nursing Times award
20 July 2022
The team on Bow ward have been recently shortlisted for the Nursing Times award. The team have been using QI to improve care for their inpatients and their staff by adopting trauma informed principles, safety, choice, collaboration, trustworthiness, and empowerment. Bow ward is the only all-female adult forensic ward and in addition there was a… Read More
