Quality Improvement Coach; Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, England

Nuwanthi is a Quality Improvement Coach at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) NHS Trust. Her previous work has included Patient Safety, Patient Experience, Quality Assurance, Hospital Accreditation and Quality Improvement. At GOSH she has facilitated QI projects working to improve inpatient and outpatient flow, reduce laboratory sample rejections (finalist at the Health Service Journal UK Patient Safety Awards- Quality Improvement Initiative of the Year), and reduce extravasation injuries. She is currently supporting the improvement of the outcome and experience of deteriorating patients and rolling out a Trust wide Ward Accreditation programme. Nuwanthi’s areas of interest include Quality Improvement, training and coaching, collaboration and networking, improvement research, patient involvement, and Liberating Structures.