News & Updates
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
Introduction to QI for Service Users & Carers
12 June 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
MS Teams Training Webinar
14 April 2020
All NHS.net users now have access to Microsoft Teams software for instant chat, collaboration and video conferencing. We have produced a basic guide to Teams here but to assist you further we are hosting some online learning sessions to introduce you to the software and show you how to use it for best effect. We… Read More
Introduction to QI for Service Users & Carers
24 February 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
Introduction to QI for Service Users & Carers Copy
12 February 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
Microsoft Power Platform – Masterclass
12 February 2020
Traditionally the ability to build, develop and create solutions to solve organisational challenges has sat solely in the realms of IT. Functions outside of IT would approach the department, with a set of requirements, with some possible ideas, but would then largely leave IT to put something together. Low-Code & No-Code development is democratising the… Read More
Enjoying Work Cohort 5 Learning System
20 January 2020
Looking for ways to improve staff experience and satisfaction in your team? Being at work is great, but enjoying work is better. Let’s look after each other so we can better care for the communities we serve. Since 2017, more than 60 teams from across East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT) have come together to… Read More
The Mental Health Improvement Online Network Meeting 2020 (#mhimprove)
16 December 2019
In light of the current situation regarding COVID19 we are very sad to confirm that the MHImprove network meeting which was to be held on Tuesday 28th April in Copenhagen has been postponed in line with the BMJ/IHI International forum. However, we are keen to ensure that we do hold an event in 2020, in… Read More
Improvement Coaching Programme – Cohort 6
25 November 2019
Workshop Dates To join the training you must be available to join all virtual workshop and learning sessions from September 2020 to January 2021 22 & 23 September 2020, 9.00 – 5.00pm 6 October 2020, 9.00 – 5.00pm 20 October 2020, 9.00 – 5.00pm 5 November 2020, 9.00 – 5.00pm 26 November 2020, 9.00 –… Read More
Annual Quality Conference 2019
19 November 2019
Whose Improvement Is It Anyway? Our 2019 conference will include: Keynote Address by Jason Leitch, National Clinical Director of Healthcare Quality and Strategy, Scottish Government Plenary session on what co-production is and what it isn’t World Cafe sessions to learn about some of the work happening across ELFT using QI. Optional Workshops We will also be… Read More