Learning from practice

14 rapid improvement projects - NHS Institute Making the shift

Organisation:Birmingham, Derbyshire, Manchester, Stour and Torbay
Contact:http://www.institute.nhs.uk/PriorityProgrammes/LongTermConditions/Introduction.htm
NHS Institute Priority Programme Long Term Conditions: Making the shift - 14 rapid improvement projects

Project charters


  • Can the clinical and economic benefits of education for Heart Failure patients be expanded in high risk populations through innovative enrolment strategies? Birmingham


  • Can an admissions avoidance scheme for COPD patients improve clinical and economic outcomes and increase the confidence of patients and carers in the management of the disease? Derbyshire


  • Can the unnecessary admissions to A&E be reduced with the implication of the voluntary sector in emergency management for patients feeling unwell or with non-threatening injuries?Derbyshire


  • Can a new commissioning model for urgent care be developed and help to facilitate shift in care? Manchester


  • Can nurse appointments be shifted using self-monitoring in hypertension? Stour


  • Can avoidable hospital attendances be prevented and/or length of stay reduced through a ‘practice-based liaison nurse’ service for vulnerable patients? Stour


  • Can integrated early care in a pain clinic improve management and satisfaction of Low Back Pain patients? Birmingham 


  • Can clinically appropriate access to diagnostics can be planned with the outcome of reducing unplanned admissions to an acute hospital setting? Torbay


  • Can diabetes outpatient appointments in secondary care be reduced by extending primary care services?  Manchester


  • Can the quality of care for diabetes patients be improved by increasing management of insulin therapy in primary care? Torbay


  • Can urinary continence in women be appropriately managed in the community so that early and effective more efficient treatment is provided? Birmingham


  • Can less complex gynaecology outpatient appointments in secondary care be reduced by extending primary care services?  Manchester


  • Can appropriate management of patients at the End of Life lead to more people dying in their place of preference, mainly home? Derbyshire


  • How can the organisation and quality of care for patients in the last year of life be optimised? Torbay


  • All Project Charters
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    Categories for this entry:
    Admissions criteria
    Analysis and evaluation of service provision
    Cardiovascular
    Case management
    Continence
    COPD
    Local Delivery Planning
    Diabetes
    Diagnostics
    Disease-specific management
    Collection and analysis of patient feedback and GP intelligence
    GUM
    Promotion of health / well being
    Long term conditions
    Musculo-skeletal / Orthopaedic
    Older people
    Palliative care / End of life protocols
    Care pathway redesign
    PbR transactions
    Procurement for extended primary care services
    Screening and earlier detection
    Contracting and procurement for secondary care services
    Expert patients and self-care
    Service shifted to primary care
    Management of supply
    Urgent / emergency care
    Voluntary and community organisations

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