Implementation and Sustaining the Gains (Working Well Handy Guide)
At this stage you will be taking steps to embed successful change ideas so they become business as usual. This is something you do throughout the life of your improvement effort.
The six steps for adopting successful ideas into routine practice. (Dr. Amar Shah, Chief Quality Officer at ELFT)
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Follow the steps in this one-page guide which gives you a quick overview to what implementation is and how you might go about it.
Click here for more information on the implementation process.
For a real-life example of implementation, watch ELFT Forensic Admin’s Enjoying Work project presentation.
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Your local QI Coaches and Improvement Advisor are here to walk you through this guide and help you apply the methods. Click here to find these people in your directorate.
Implementation
How do we ensure we hold the gains of improvement work through effective management of implementation?
Not sure how to move to the next stage if you’ve got a high believe your change idea is working? Unsure about the difference between the testing and implementation phase? Watch this video, in which Jen Taylor-Watt, one of our QI Leads, answers these questions.
The first 10 minutes of the video is an explanation of the theory and the last 12 minutes provides examples from the Tower Hamlets Violence Collaborative.
Supporting resources are also below….
The Sequence of Improvement
Testing Vs Implementation
Testing – Trying and adapting existing knowledge on small scale. Learning what works in your system.
Implementation – Making this change a part of the day-to-day operation of the system
The key test of how embedded your changes is: How confident are you the change would persist even if you/your leads were away for a month?
How do we implement effectively?
(The Improvement Guide – Chapter 8)
For further information and examples of successful implementation please click here to download our guide here>>
Use our Implementation Action Plan for your Ward/Team
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