News & Updates
QI/QA Department ‘tests’ remote working
23 March 2020
On Friday the 13th March (was that a sign?) we conducted our first ‘test’ of total remote working. Little did we know then that this way of working would quickly become the norm for millions of workers across the globe. It became apparent that we would need to do a longer test. So, based on… Read More
QI-Lite cherry picking techniques and tools
17 March 2020
Using an Appreciative Enquiry with Cancer and Palliative Care Nurses. Dr. Sara Rasool, from Macmillan Consultant Clinical Psychologist & Lead for Community Health Psychology Services. (Beds and Luton), updated the QI Department on how the use of an Appreciative Enquiry helped her and her team reflect at their team Away Day in February. Adopting tools… Read More
Daily Improvement at Pocket QI
26 February 2020
In Module one of Pocket QI our Improvement Advisors, Jamie and Michelle, taught the delegates a range of tools. During this latest cohort the delegates were set the task of practicing at least one tool before coming back for module two. Notably one delegate used a pareto chart to look at which which diagnoses are… Read More
Making QI a way of being
26 February 2020
In October 2019, Craig Donohoe, a QI Coach and Service User, aptly summarised the sentiment that was being echoed from different parts of the organisation – “QI should be a way of being” The way we do quality improvement work at ELFT has been expanding to include everyday improvement activities that happen outside of formal… Read More
QI Essentials: Beyond Projects
25 November 2019
Improvement is now becoming a way of life and a way of being. How do we hold onto and strengthen our approach to QI projects?…Have a read of Amar’s latest QI Essentials Blog.. Since we began our quality improvement journey in 2013-14, QI projects have been the mechanism through which we have achieved breakthrough… Read More
How are you using your QI skills?
27 June 2019
Did you know that over 2000 people have now undertaken QI training at ELFT? And nearly 1000 are currently involved in QI projects to tackle some of the organisation’s most complex problems. That amounts to a lot of people using their QI skills! Using the structure of a QI project is the best method for… Read More
The Pareto Principle
31 October 2014
The Pareto Principle describes that 20% of the sources cause 80% of any problem. It is a tool to help remind you to focus on the 20% that matter; which will have the greatest impact if solved.
