Survey of access to online information and information sharing within the NHS

The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement has asked the Institute for Employment Studies (IES) to carry out research to find out whether people working in the NHS would be in favour of development of an online 'ideas channel' to facilitate the sharing of ideas and good practices. As part of this work IES is conducting an online survey to help understand staff views about this. Click here for further information and to take part in the survey!

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Experience Based Design workshop for NHS staff

The ebd approach (experience based design) is an exciting new way of bringing patients and staff together to share the role of improving care and re-designing services. It is being developed by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement as a way of helping frontline NHS teams make the improvements their patients really want.
You have the opportunity to learn about the ebd approach through a one day workshop covering the essential aspects on 23 June from 9.30am until 3.30pm at the University of Warwick campus in Coventry. The event is open to NHS staff only. Click here for more details.

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Innovations in Healthcare - now recruiting

The NHS Institute's Board Development team is currently recruiting to Innovations in Healthcare - a nine month programme designed for senior multidisciplinary teams to tackle an important local problem relating to QIPP through facilitated action learning from our American partners and the NHS Institute. Click here for further information and to apply.

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Focus on: Emergency and Urgent Care for Children and Young People - best practice films launched

The NHS Institute has launched a series of 10 case study films focussing on different aspects of whole system working on the emergency and urgent care pathway for children and young people across primary and secondary care (including ambulance services and NHS Direct).
The NHS Institute has been working with 10 health systems nationwide to roll out the best practice set out in the Focus On: Children and Young People Emergency and Urgent Care document.

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FREE web seminar - Expert on Call featuring Paul Hodkinson

Expert on Call is a monthly online seminar and is part of the NHS Institute Alert service which is open to all NHS staff. The next session will feature Paul Hodkinson who will provide an introduction to systems thinking and how this can be used to influence strategy and other key applications of this technique. Click here for more details and to book your place

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NHS Institute for Innovation & Improvement - Expert on call Commissioning for QIPP

Paul Unsworth, the interim Area Director - South for NHS Solutions at the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, has written a Guest Editorial on Commissioning for QIPP (Quality, Innovation, Productivity and Prevention).
Paul will be developing this topic further, when he presents the next Expert on Call. This free webinar takes place on Thursday 20th May 2010, between 4pm and 5pm. Click here to register. Please note: for best results you will need a telephone and an Internet connection with Internet Explorer to participate.

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A guide to values in the NHS

The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement has launched the Values Development Resource, a suite of tools to allow organisations to check their alignment with the national values in the NHS Constitution.

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Health Essentials: new free tools from the Improvement Network

NHS Institute partner, the Improvement Network has added new topics to its suite offree Improvement Tools to help support the needs of managers.
Health Essentials : for all health practitioners - find out more about continuous improvement in health, together with support for your personal development.
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) : access information about how CSR can deliver business benefits to your organisation.
Knowledge Management : get support on how to effectively manage knowledge in your organisation to help it improve.
These links require users to register for free access, and the tools are currently accessed by approximately 12,000 public sector managers and practitioners across health, local government and police sectors.
Register now for free access the Improvement Network's Improvement Tools

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Relationships matter! Web seminar

Maggie Morgan-Cooke, head of international relationships, NHS Institute, will present a web seminar between 4-5pm on 15 October on how NHS staff and key stakeholders can meet the current challenge to balance efficiency whilst simultaneously driving up quality. Register for the event on the NHS Institute website.

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The Search is on for the Top Ten High Impact Actions for Nursing & Midwifery

A search is on for the Top Ten High Impact Actions for Nursing and Midwifery. NHS Live know that you are likely to be involved in innovative projects that improve the quality of care for patients and reduce costs. If you are a nurse or midwife, NHS Live want you to let your colleagues know about your improvement so that they can do it too! If you aren’t, but you know of some fantastic improvements being made by nursing and midwifery colleagues, please forward this on to them. This is joint initiative by the Department of Health, the Royal College of Midwives, the Royal College of Nursing, the Nursing and Midwifery Council and the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement. It is looking for changes that you have already made within your organisation that have improved quality for patients and reduced costs that, if replicated nationally, would have a huge impact on the quality and cost of patient care. The top ten actions selected will be announced at the CNO’s conference on 11 November. Click here for further information.

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Productive Community Services WebEx seminar

The NHS Institute has been holding on-line WebEx seminars to introduce The Productive Community Services (PCS) programme. The programme, being launched in October 2009, will provide an evidence-based approach to improve the way we work across the range of services and pathways of community care. The remaining online seminar will be held on: Thursday 10 September 1300-1400 hrs PCS: Preparing for Roll-out To register, please send an email to productivecommunityservices@institute.nhs.uk

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HOPE European Exchange Programme

The HOPE European Exchange Programme offers a unique opportunity for healthcare professionals. Aimed at managers and clinicians who also have a managerial role, participants will see how another healthcare system is structured and identify good practice.
For further information about participating or acting as a host organisation please contact leadership@institute.nhs.uk or visit the website www.hope.be.

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New action learning community to improve performance of health and social care services

A new opportunity to create a dedicated CEO action learning community to improve performance of health and social care services
As a result of significant demand, the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement with Ashridge Consulting has established an influential learning network, with opportunity to create an action learning set, specifically for CEO’s, who need to handle complex improvement challenges in the NHS. For further information and to apply click here or e-mail jacqui.sparks@ashridge.org.uk

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NHS Live at Primary Care LIVE

For the third consecutive year, NHS Live will be at this year’s Primary Care LIVE conferences and willl be at the NHS Institute stand to hear about your projects and to demonstrate the website and project directory. The NHS Institute will have a large presence at the event, hosting eight interactive, innovative workshops and showcasing a range of products in the exhibition village.
Workshops will cover a variety of themes including Emergency and Urgent Care for Children and Young People, Thinking Differently, ThinkGlucose, Productive Improvement Techniques and many others. To find out more click here. Primary Care LIVE has national reach into primary care, to find out more about this event visit the website. Primary Care LIVE: London ExCel 30 September and 1 October 2009, Manchester Central 4 and 5 November 2009

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Invitation to participate in NHS Institute Rapid Improvement orthopaedic programme

At the end of last year the NHS Institute invited expressions of interest to participate in a national orthopaedic rapid improvement programme to improve the quality and productivity of care for patients undergoing hip and knee replacements or with fractured neck of femur. As there was considerable interest in participating in the programme we have asked the NHS Institute to run a similar programme for all commissioners and providers in NHS Yorkshire and the Humber.
The rapid improvement programme will support local health communities in eliminating unnecessary waits for orthopaedic pathways and improve the quality and value of orthopaedic services. An initial workshop will take place on 18th September with a half day follow up workshop in December (date to be confirmed).
The initial workshop will challenge whole health communities to develop and deliver joint action plans aimed at rapid transformation of their orthopaedic services and will be informed by local and national evidence of good practice and the experiences of the three NHS Yorkshire and Humber Pilot sites
The event will be of interest to clinicians, managers, commissioners and improvement leads from both PCT and provider organisations. PCTs are encouraged to invite colleagues from independent sector organisations too.
For more information please contact laura.hibbs@yorksandhumber.nhs.uk or on 07879 898152
To book places at the event please contact Paul Kelly by Friday 28th August at ssr_projects@yorksandhumber.nhs.uk or on 0113 2952001.

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E-Learning for Improvement - From the NHS Institute

The NHS Institute has recently completed the development of three short e-learning objects in collaboration with the University of Nottingham. Each piece of learning takes about 20 mins – half an hour and is aimed at developing basic awareness and skills in improvement. The sections are called: Improving care, Improving your practice and Planning for improvement.
You can access the modules via the NLH repository, or visit the Nottingham Univeristy SONET website where you will find a table of all their e-learning.

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High Volume Care Rapid Improvement Programme national sharing event on 12 October

This national sharing event will evaluate the Rapid Improvement Programme for:
fractured neck of femur hip and knee replacement. Using the NHS Institute’s ‘Focus on:’ documents as a platform, this event intends to share learning and showcase results and findings from 20 NHS trusts on the programme across England. There is no cost to NHS England employees for this event, but places are limited. The event will be held at the National Motorcycle Museum in Solihull. For more information or to book a place please email orthopaedic@institute.nhs.uk.
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The first national Innovation and Improvement Survey for the NHS

Are you interested in making the NHS better for patients, families, the public and NHS staff? The NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement has launched the first nationwide Innovation and Improvement survey specifically designed for the NHS. It offers all NHS staff an opportunity to influence the national innovation and improvement agenda. It is your chance to have your say and help the NHS Institute to understand what is needed to create the best solutions to some of the biggest challenges that face NHS staff and organisations.

The survey will capture the challenges that you are facing and will provide an insight into what you need to help improve patient care and the health of the population. It gives you the opportunity to feed back information about the ways you are already improving your services and captures your ideas about how innovation for improvement in the NHS could be even better. The survey is now live and will close on the 8 June.

The potential of this is phenomenal. The results will be the main mechanism that informs the programmes of work that happen at national and regional level in the NHS over the next year.
The survey is open to all NHS staff. There are two things that we would like you to do:
1. Complete the online survey, it takes around 10 minutes. To complete your survey, go to www.institute.nhs.uk/innovationsurvey
2. Forward this link to anyone else who will be interested in having their say and influencing the national innovation agenda

Please note:
Results will only be analysed at nationwide and SHA level and will not be analysed at the level of an individual NHS organisation or team. All responses will be anonymous and no individual responses will be shared. It will not be possible for anyone to identify respondents as a result of the survey.When the survey is complete, everyone who has completed the survey will have the option to view their results in comparison to the overall responses.

The Productive Ward - Thursday 4 June, Manchester Conference Centre

The NHS Institute and Healthcare Events are holding a conference on how The Productive Ward can help free nurses’ time to spend on direct patient care. It will show how the programme aims to improve processes, maximise value and eliminate waste and error on wards. Delegates will also have an opportunity to learn about other programmes in The Productive Series: The Productive Mental Health Ward and The Productive Community Hospital. Click here for further information.

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How to use Technologies to involve your patients

You are invited to learn, share and discover new technologies that can help you to involve and engage with your patients. The event is on 12th May 2009 from 10am to 3pm. It will be held at the NHS Institute, Coventry House, University of Warwick. An additonal event will be held in Newcastle on 20th May. The event is free to attend with lunch and refreshments provided on the day
If you would like to attend, please email carla.mulvaney@institute.nhs.uk by Friday 8th May. Click here for further information
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