News & Updates
The power of learning: Rozi Hamilton’s perspective
20 February 2018
How learning and development helps shape ELFT’s QI model and empowers individuals Training and development are a huge part of the Quality Improvement model in place at East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT). Achieving improvement is not an easy task, so it is paramount that people involved in this process – staff, service users and… Read More
Video: How is Community Health Newham involving a wider range of people in QI
26 January 2018
Since starting Quality Improvement work, our Community Health Newham Directorate has increasingly engaged staff, service users, carers and external agencies to come together and work to improve their services. Watch this mini documentary, explaining the strategy driving this achievement and the impact it has had on their directorate. Visit our YouTube channel to watch the… Read More
Life QI: the central hub for Quality Improvement projects
25 January 2018
The platform links projects from across the trust and is a powerful learning tool. Words by Forid Alom, Quality Improvement Data Manager. East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT) has been using the Life QI platform since June 2015 to manage our Quality Improvement (QI) portfolio. Projects are proposed, approved and worked on through the platform…. Read More
Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services learning set using Skype for Business
22 January 2018
The communication platform allowed teams working in various locations to connect and share their experiences. Words by James Stafford (QI Darzi Fellow) and Marco Aurelio (Improvement Advisor) The number of referrals to community Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) continues to rise nationwide, posing challenges to teams across the country. Over the past six… Read More
Why do projects fail?
21 November 2017
The theme of our November QI Newsletter is one of persistence, learning from failure with QI and using that to progress towards your project aims and ambitions. We really liked this illustration by Sonia Sparkles on ‘Why do some projects fail?’ Take a look below and see if any of these experiences resonate with you…. Read More
Introducing Kelly Gale, as our new interim Improvement Advisor!
5 November 2017
What’s the history of your work at ELFT? I started working for the NHS in 2005 for Newham PCT, which eventually became ELFT. My first job in Newham PCT in 2005 was as a Project Manager and since then I have been a Service Manager for several different community teams, Service Re-design Manager across the… Read More
QI Microsite – your one-stop shop for QI
21 March 2014
Only a month after the official launch of the QI programme, we are pleased to announce that the QI microsite is receiving over 100 views a day. The microsite is your one-stop shop for everything to do with QI in the Trust. It contains general news about the QI programme, information on how to start… Read More