Improving the quality of care: Using Quality Improvement methodology in healthcare

There is a chasm between what is known to be the best available healthcare and what is actually delivered to patients. Research and technological advances alone will not address this. Systematic transformation of healthcare can only occur when it is led by frontline clinicians supported by managers to run multiple small scale quality improvement projects. This seminar will explore how the South West Patient Safety Collaborative (hosted by the SW Academic Health Science Network (AHSN)) is addressing this.

Rob Bethune is a colo-rectal consultant at the Royal Devon and Exeter NHS Foundation Trust. He took a year out of his training (2009-2010) working at the South West SHA.  During his time at the SHA he was involved in a variety of projects relating to quality improvement and public health.  Together with a practicing hospital consultant he set up a program facilitating Foundation Doctors to run a structured quality improvement project throughout their first year; he has expanded this programme to several other hospitals throughout the UK.  So far over 30 quality improvement projects have been run as part of this programme.

Rosie Benneyworth has been with the SW AHSN since March 2015 and was appointed as Managing Director in August. She is an experienced GP having been a GP partner for many years in Taunton. Prior to joining the AHSN, Rosie worked for Somerset Clinical Commissioning Group where she was a member of the Governing Body, Chair of the Clinical Operations Group and Vice-Chair of the Somerset Health and Wellbeing Board as well as leading programmes of work around community services, urgent care and elective care. Rosie is a NICE Fellow 2013-16  and has recently been appointed to the NICE board as a Non-Executive Director. Nationally for the AHSN Network (all 15 AHSNs), Rosie is the lead for Patient Safety and Long Term Conditions.

Video-conferencing to Plymouth, details TBC

How to register

Please email c.hewlett@exeter.ac.uk to register your attendance

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