News & Updates
ELFT QI Coach Community Seminars 2023
26 July 2022
All QI Coaches at ELFT are invited to attend 4 annual QI Coach Community Seminars. These sessions form part of their continuous professional development and support the coaching network to learn and develop together. All seminar dates are below and have been sent to QI Coach diaries. If you have any questions please get in… Read More
Improvement Leaders Programme – Wave 12
11 April 2022
The ELFT Improvement Leaders Programme (Wave 12) starts in November 2022 and runs until March 2023. Please find further information and the application form below. The closing date for applications is Friday 9th September 2022. If you are interested in applying to be an Improvement Leader you should have already attended Pocket QI so that… Read More
Improvement Coaching Programme – Cohort 8
8 April 2022
The ELFT Improvement Coaching Programme (Cohort 8) starts in September 2022 and runs through to March 2023. Please find the further information and the application form below. The closing date for applications is Friday 29th July 2022 We would like to remind you that if you are interested in applying for the role of a… Read More
ELFT QI Coach Community Seminars
17 March 2022
All QI Coaches at ELFT are invited to attend 4 annual QI Coach Community Seminars. These sessions form part of their continuous professional development and support the coaching network to learn and develop together. All seminar dates are below and have been sent to QI Coach diaries. If you have any questions please get in… Read More
Pocket QI (External Participants)
18 January 2022
ELFT Quality Improvement (QI) Department invites external participants to join the Pocket QI training. This is an interactive easy to follow introduction to some of the concepts and methods of QI. Join our team of Improvement Advisors who will take you through the fundamentals of QI and how you can apply the methodology to your… Read More
Life QI Support Sessions
12 November 2021
Sign up for Life QI support sessions with the QI department. Life QI is ELFT’s learning platform for QI projects and hosts all the QI projects across the Trust Life QI has a number of tools that we require for QI projects, including driver diagrams, Statistical Process Control (SPC) charts and PDSA (Plan, Do, Study,… Read More
QI Tools: Learn and Apply Workshops
2 November 2021
30-minute, two-part practical training on a specific QI tool that you can use with your team straight away. These tools can help you tackle problems ranging from waiting lists to recruitment. In Part 1 you’ll be taught about and shown the use of a tool used in Q. We then invite you to use this tool in… Read More
QI Tools Learn and Apply: The 8 Wastes Tool
1 October 2021
Removing waste from a process can reduce costs, releasing staff time for better uses and ensure that service users receive the care they need as efficiently as possible. On Monday 4th April 2022 at 9.00 – 9.30 am, come to the first of a two-part session on waste reduction. In half an hour, learn how to identify the… Read More
QI Tools Learn and Apply: Cause and Effect Diagrams
31 August 2021
Over the last 12 months, over 20,000 people worldwide have visited the ELFT QI website to learn about cause and effect diagrams sometimes referred to a the ‘fishbone’ or ‘Ishikawa’ diagram. How much do you know about this tool and can you use one? Come to a two 30 minute workshops to learn how to use and create cause and… Read More
Pocket QI: Face to Face
27 August 2021
We are pleased to be able to host Pocket QI as a face-to-face workshop for the first time since March 2020. A limited number of places will be available, please sign up using the form below. This course is open to and free for all ELFT staff, service users, carers, and community connectors. A virtual… Read More
ELFT Quality Open Morning – November 2022
16 August 2021
Spend a morning with us and learn more about: How the organisation is applying systematic continuous improvement to tackling complex quality issues in mental health and community services, hearing directly from the teams leading improvement work How the organisation is shifting to being improvement-focused, building capacity and capability for improvement at scale, and making quality its… Read More
ELFT Quality Open Morning – May 2022
13 August 2021
Spend a morning with us and learn more about: How the organisation is applying systematic continuous improvement to tackling complex quality issues in mental health and community services, hearing directly from the teams leading improvement work How the organisation is shifting to being improvement-focused, building capacity and capability for improvement at scale, and making quality its… Read More
QI Tools: Learn and Apply Process Mapping
9 July 2021
For ELFT staff and service users. Come to the first of a two-part session on process mapping. In half an hour, learn how to use and create process maps (also known as flow charts) to help you understand the processes in your service. These maps are key to helping teams identify areas to improve. After… Read More
Wave 11 – Improvement Leaders’ Programme
30 June 2021
The Improvement Leaders’ Programme (ILP) is designed to develop the improvement skills of staff and service users and help them apply the QI method and tools to complex problems. This 5-day course occurring monthly includes a mix of interactive teaching and action learning sets to guide participants to become skilled improvement leaders in the application… Read More
Improvement Coaching Programme – Cohort 7
18 May 2021
After what has been a challenging year it is with great anticipation that we have opened the application period for the ELFT Improvement Coaching Programme (Cohort 7) to start in October. This year we will return to an in-person offering to continue to build our coaches community. Please find out more about the role of… Read More
The Mental Health Improvement Network Meeting 2021 (#MHimprove)
29 March 2021
Thank you for joining the virtual MHimprove network meeting on Monday 14th June. It was great to connect and learn from so many colleagues around the world. After our second virtual network meeting we look forward to meeting in person for MHimprove soon! Please find the agenda and links to all presentations shared during our… Read More
ELFT Quality Open Morning – November 2021
2 February 2021
Spend a morning with us and learn more about: How the organisation is applying systematic continuous improvement to tackling complex quality issues in mental health and community services, hearing directly from the teams leading improvement work How the organisation is shifting to being improvement-focused, building capacity and capability for improvement at scale, and making quality its… Read More
Introduction to QI for Service Users & Carers 2022
18 December 2020
Please note this training is for service users and carers only. Join our next Quality Improvement (QI) learning session for Service users and carers. All sessions run from 1.00 – 4.00 pm on the following dates: Thursday 15th September 2022 – 12:30 to 16:30 Monday 23 January 2023 – 10:30 to 14:30 Tuesday 23 May… Read More
Wave 10 Improvement Leaders’ Programme
24 November 2020
Schedule In 2021 the ELFT Improvement Leaders’ Programme (ILP) course includes 5 days of virtual learning sessions, including workshops and Action Learning Sets. ILP is aimed at those who are actively involved in a QI project, it will give people support to learn and apply the QI method and tools to a real-life complex problem…. Read More
Introduction to QI for Service Users & Carers
16 November 2020
Join our next Quality Improvement (QI) learning session for Service users and carers. During this training you will learn about: Basic QI principles and methods Current QI projects where Service Users/Carers are involved How QI with Service User/Carer involvement has improved services How to get involved in a QI project; Big I (Act as a… Read More
