News & Updates
Congratulations to the latest Improvement Leaders!
4 March 2020
On Tuesday 3rd March the ninth Wave of the Improvement Leaders’ Programme (ILP, formally ISIA) and third Cohort of Enjoying Work came to a close with a graduation and celebration event. Since September 2019 around 140 staff, service users and carers have participated in 8 workshops designed to equip them with the tools and knowledge… Read More
Reducing waste from printing
27 August 2019
A Quality Improvement project has been set up by the Financial Viability Team to reduce waste related to printing. Sarah Barnett, Financial Viability Programme Manager, is leading a programme composed of three Quality Improvement projects in Corporate Services, Recovery College in Bedford and the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) in London. The team… Read More
Preview of Value projects for the Improvement Leaders’ Programme
26 August 2019
Wave 9 of the Improvement Leaders’ Programme starts this September and for the first time Value will feature as one of our High Priority Areas. We caught up with some project teams who are looking forward to the programme to find out why they’ve brought a value project forward and what they’re most excited about… Read More
Value – What is it? Why does it matter? And where can it be seen across the Trust?
25 August 2019
An interview with Dr Mohit Venkataram, ELFT’s Executive Director of Commercial Development. A common misconception is that ‘Value’ is just about cost reduction but it is so much more than that; Value is not just in finances being released but value is in time , value is in effort put by staff and value is… Read More
Improving Value for Money
14 September 2017
by Steven Course, Chief Finance Officer, Nynn-Hui Chang & Marco Aurelio, QI Team Improvement Advisors Often the rationale for undertaking QI has focused on doing the right thing, with the main focus not on the financial gain resulting from the improvement work. However increasing pressure on NHS budgets and rising patient demand is putting a… Read More
