Academy Participants Projects from
St. John’s Hospital
Quality Improvement
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Emma Barnes - Transitioning from hospital to home after stroke
David Cusack - Implementing a physiologist led valve clinic for mild-moderate aortic setnosis patients, improving quality, continuity and efficiency.
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Kay Colligan - Increasing knowledge and awareness of the HCSW Learning & Development Framework to identify learning and development needs
Sharon Sansome - Working smartly to Improve Communication
Wendy Juner - Transitioning from hospital to home after a stroke
Debbie Crerar & Claire Henderson - Reducing waiting times in MSK Physiotherapy
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Kathryn Watt - Improving West Lothian AMH Referral Triage Pathway
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Irene Davidson - Earlier Patient Updates & Goal Setting within St John's Stroke Unit
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Prakash Shankar - A&E assessment of self-harm patients at St. John’s Hospital
Amal Al Sayegh - Drop-in clinic for return appointments in Psychiatry
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Yvonne Marshall & Stephen Hook - Streamlined Admin Process for Corporate Induction
Ben Clark - Preventable returns to the Emergency Department
Alexandra Bamford & Hannah Hayhurst - Improving Patient Flow through the Emergency Department
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Katherine Grant - Testing patient experience of REACT Rehab
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Heather Stirling - Improving Staff and Student Experience in the Undergraduate Neurosciences Module
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Andrew Beattie - Reducing Inhaled Corticosteroid Overuse
Rachel Lowdon - The ASD Assessment Pathway in West Lothian CAMHS
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Matt Vale - The escalator approach to reduce risk of patient harm in the ED
Maciej Zarzycki - Improving stock wastage processing and reporting in Pharmacy Department using electronic pharmacy stock control system
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Nadine Hare & Kirsty McLachlan - Making a Difference to Mealtimes
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Andrew Stevenson & Beth Walsh - Improving the Communication of Risk via the Emergency Department Safety Pause
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Nicola McCabe - Intensive Therapy Unit (ITU) St John’s Hospital
Kevin Thomas - Improving Rights : The Untapped Potential of Advance Statements
Planning for Quality
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Hosakere Aditya - Choosing Wisely: Improving the Way We Manage Cosmetic Surgery Referrals in Lothian
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Latana Munang & Mairead Hughes - Frailty in West Lothian
Katy Ruggeri, Paul Mills, Simon Nicholson & Fiona Schofield - Changing models of care in Gynae
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Jim Morrison - Reduce OP attendances for benign conditions which require biopsy from 3 to 1 for 50% of patients by April 2018
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Megan Reid - Road to Recovery: Opportunities for improvement in Stroke Rehabilitation
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Emma Barnes & Linda Yule - Understanding the patient’s perspective of frequent hospital attendances
Phil Ackerman & Orla Crummey - Advanced Physiotherapy Practitioners in Primary Care
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Karen Adamson - Improving the medical on call system at SJH
Leanne Stewart & Elaine McLure - Improving Waiting Times in Podiatry Services
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Wanda Palmer - Improving access to perinatal mental health assessment for Ward 119 and 211 at RIE
Virtual Quality Improvement Skills Course
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Susi Paden - Detecting Deterioration - Getting it Right for All Patients
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Jenny Scott - SJH medicines discharge planning pilot project-Stroke Unit
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Lesley Burgess - Upgrading the Medical Education website for both medical students and doctors in training
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Fiona O'Brien - Improving weekend discharge rate on the medical wards
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Lindsey Swinney - Keeping Mums and Babies Together at SJH
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Anita Laing - Medical Physiotherapy Team: Working More Efficiently
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Elise Langlands - Increasing compliance with Waterlow in SJH ITU
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Lesley Royer - Improving on-call induction for physiotherapy staff within SJH
Joseph Wilson - Improving the efficiency of medicines administration
Theona Makorie - Improving the Admission Process on the Ward
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Helene Erskine - Discharge Lounge
Keara Hampton - Lothian Oral Health Service Dental Sedation QI Project: Lost Appointments
Rachel Clarke - Conducting the medication reconciliation process on admitted medical patients in the Emergency Department and measuring the impact it has on the Medical Assessment Unit Pharmacy team workload
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Emma Edington - Reducing waiting times in the ward whilst awaiting follow up care post discharge
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Carrie-Anne Pringle - Optimising outpatient workflow in the Pharmacy Department
Susan Morrison - Improving quality, efficiency, equity and person-centredness of CAMHS Occupational Therapy (OT) sensory-informed assessments