ELFT QI

When Dr Alex Harborne joined Tower Hamlets Community Health Services as Clinical Director in 2022, she heard the same story from every team she met: a tangible disconnect between primary care and CHS and a high proportion of rejected referrals. She therefore decided to start a QI project to address this complex challenge.  In this video members of the project team reflect on the impact of the resulting work: https://lnkd.in/g5QFcQg3 East London NHS Foundation Trust Dr Alex Harborne

Coaching QI in the Path to Recovery Service Sean Stone, Recovery Worker and Quality Improvement (QI) Coach for Addictions Specialist Service, talks here about his experiences of coaching quality improvement. He’s especially proud of seeing a team work through a problem together and come up with a solution – if not a plan: https://lnkd.in/dxjrpcQW

Come to our next open morning We’re holding our next open morning on 29 November. The half-day session will describe our approach to quality improvement and our management system at ELFT, with an opportunity to meet some teams and ask plenty of questions. For more details and to register: https://lnkd.in/dhxusGsp East London NHS Foundation Trust

Racial equity in the Forensic Service The NHS, and specifically our Forensic Service, continues to face challenges in prioritising staff wellbeing. In response to this, the Staff-on-Staff Anti-Racism Quality Improvement Project has been created to foster a more inclusive and supportive environment, with the main aim of the project focusing on reporting racism: https://lnkd.in/dfq4hGy4

We’re delighted that the quality improvement project Improving Observations and Therapeutic Engagement on Mental Health Inpatient Wards has been shortlisted in the Patient Safety Improvement category of the Nursing Times Awards. The project involved the co-design and testing of over 25 change ideas across the Trust. The result: tangible changes to the environment including reductions in several areas of violence (physical, verbal, sexual, racial).

There’s a disparity in eating disorder referrals in East London, especially in Newham. The QI Eating Disorder Team has been addressing this issue and already the number of referrals from Newham is increasing: https://lnkd.in/dZTFrs8t East London NHS Foundation Trust

Community mental health teams in Luton are working closely with partners to enhance the care of individuals with co-existing mental health challenges and alcohol or drug misuse. East London NHS Foundation Trust https://lnkd.in/d6NR2Xv8

Falls are the most frequently reported patient safety incident in hospitals. Staff on Sally Sherman Ward, which provides continuing care to those with dementia and complex needs, were determined improve safety – they recognise the devastating impact that falls can have for patients and their loved ones. They’ve certainly succeeded in their aim, as they have recently gone 112 days without a fall: https://lnkd.in/dUegd7Yu East London NHS Foundation Trust

Tower Hamlets Podiatry (Community health service) Hot of the press, equity in foot health and homelessness has just been published on the ELFT QI microsite: https://lnkd.in/gky5Exqx Amazing what happens when we treat everyone with care and respect - thank you to the team East London NHS Foundation Trust QI

The Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy Team in Newham are more than doing their bit for the environment by reusing over 300 walking aids. This has reduced their carbon footprint by nine tonnes, saved £4,000 and improved patient satisfaction: https://lnkd.in/dMjbr3ZY East London NHS Foundation Trust