Tuesday 16 May | 12:30-13:00

Format: Presentation
Stream: Safety
Content filters: Features discussion of improvement methodology

Timely and effective recognition and response to a patient’s deterioration are vital factors affecting the outcome and experience of these patients (and families). This requires a multifaceted coordinated response grounded in expert clinical judgement and high-quality patient information describing baseline data and trends.

This programme is designed with key drivers: human behaviour & thinking, digital infrastructure and organisational structure & processes. Key considerations include how to reduce unwarranted variation while allowing warranted variation, especially in terms of clinician/nursing judgement.

In this session a paediatric hospital from London will share experiences from establishing a collaborative and engaging programme of work.

After this session, participants will be able to: 

• Contextualise designing a programme of work that incorporates drive, engagement and input of a wide variety of stakeholders, with a key focus on high quality patient outcomes and experiences 


• Gain insight and learning from testing a variety of education, technological and environmental interventions


• Appreciate the sensitivities and value of co-design with patients and families 


• Understand how quality improvement methodology and tools can be applied  
  
  

Elizabeth Akers, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, England

Nuwanthi Yapa Mahathanthila, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, England