The Productive Operating Theatre - Process modules now available

The Productive Operating Theatre Process modules boxed set is now available.
The Process modules focus on Session Start-up, Patient Preparation, Patient Turnaround, Handover, Consumables and Equipment and Recovery. Five Process modules boxed sets are available free to every NHS acute trust and PCT in England. Click here to download your copy.

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Health Care Innovation Expo 6th & 7th October 2010

EXPO 2010 is the biggest healthcare innovation event in the UK. It brings together innovations that can deliver improved care and productivity from the private, public, third sector, scientific and academic communities.
Following the success of the EXPO last year, EXPO 2010 is taking place on the 6th and 7th October and registration and information here!
With more than 200 seminars, 250 exhibiting organisations and two days of inspirational main stage speakers, this is the most exciting healthcare event planned this year.

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Health Exec TV - QIPP, Productivity and Innovation

Health Exec TV currently has a series of short interviews and films showcasing how other areas are implementing changes to improve productivity and efficiency. Click here to find out more...

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Efficiency savings - NHS Evidence

Linking quality and productivity is an important challenge for the NHS if it is to reach its target of £15-20 billion in efficiency savings by 2014.The Department of Health's Quality and Productivity project has been designed to help NHS organisations make the necessary savings without compromising quality of care and services. As part of this initiative NHS Evidence now has a dedicated section NHS Evidence – Quality and Productivity, which gives access to evidence on how to improve quality and productivity within the NHS, including examples of innovative local practices. Content covers best available evidence, tools and techniques, measurement, case-studies and policy on all aspects of innovation and improvement.

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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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The Productive Ward survey for maternity and delivery units

The Productive Series is carrying out a survey into how it can benefit maternity services/delivery units. We would like to hear from organisations that have implemented the programme in both maternity wards/delivery units, including those that have not done so yet but are interested in doing so. Please click here to participate in the survey.

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Webinar - Making Time to Care - 28th May 2009

E-Health Insider invites you to attend a live webinar “Making Time to Care” sponsored by Cisco Systems Limited, which will be held on Thursday 28 May 2009 at 15.00.
The live broadcast will feature a series of presentations and Q&A sessions hosted by Lyn Whitfield, Managing Editor, E-Health Insider and is scheduled to last 60mins (approx) with a summary Q&A session with the panel at the end. Click here to register!

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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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Releasing Time to Care - Live Webinar Thursday 28 May 2009

Join a distinguished panel of experts in a discussion on how technology can help increase NHS productivity. In particular, explore how information and communication technologies can release time to care and enable a productive ward using technologies such as wireless networks, asset tracking and unified communications. Click here for further information.
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Examples from the Productive Ward

Patients at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (LTHT) are benefiting from an obvious and demonstrable improvement in care as a result of ward teams’ implementation of a structured and targeted improvement programme. The work focuses on improving processes and environments by changing behaviour and culture to help nurses and therapists spend more time on patient care thereby improving safety and efficiency. The work uses a combination of lean methodology developed in manufacturing, and social marketing which uses marketing principles to influence behaviour change and have a long term impact on organisational culture. See some real examples of this work from LTHT here. These slides were first presented at the January session of the Service Redesign Network, find out more about the network here.

Institue of Innovation & Improvement Developing The Productive Community Series

The NHS Institute is setting up a NHS-wide Productive Community Services programme. It will be a partnership with NHS providers of community health services. The current estimated completion date is Summer 2009.
The aim of the Productive Community series is to produce a set of improvement tools and approaches that release time for clinical staff to care and release time for leaders to lead by improving the basic ways we organise and manage our work whilst improving quality, safety and patient experience. The tools will be flexible so that:
Local providers of community health services can adopt and adapt them to help accelerate the pace of change and get results for patients and staff
Local commissioners can utilise them to encourage best practice in community health pathways.
Find out more about the Productive Community and other Productive Series Programmes here.

Helen Bevan on workload liberation: service improvement at an individual level

Helen Bevan, Director of Service Transformation at the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement, talks about the effectiveness of the workload management module of the Productive Leader programme. Read her article here. You will have to sign in to the HSJ website.