Leading change The Senior Sister, Practice Educator and Lead Surgical Emergency Nurse Practitioner in the Surgical Assessment Unit (SAU) at Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust have collaborated to implement a new ambulatory care model. The programme has led to improved outcomes, experiences and use of resources within the hospital. Where to look NHS Improvement (2018) […]

Leading change The Chief Nursing Information Officer (CNIO) at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust led the implementation of digitising the National Early Warning Score (NEWS) at the Trust, with support from nursing, midwifery and healthcare assistant colleagues. This has significantly improved patient safety and outcomes, improved staff experience, and streamlined and standardised handovers which has […]

Leading change The midwifery Matron at Bedford Hospital NHS Trust led on the implementation of an education and training programme and care bundle to reduce third and fourth degree tears post-partum. The programme has led to improvements in outcomes, experiences and use of resources locally. Where to look In 2017, there were 679,106 live births […]

Leading change The Chief Nurse at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust led on the development and implementation of the ‘Nightingale Programme Initiative Committee’. This is a programme of work to increase standardised practice and enhance integration across the ward environments, tackling unwarranted variation identified in practice. This initiative has led to improved experience […]

Leading change A healthcare support worker at the Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust introduced a mobile dentistry unit into an inpatient ward for older people with mental health needs. This has improved the experience of patients and staff as well as improving outcomes and the use of resources. Where to look The Five Year […]

Leading change A Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Specialist Nurse at Solent NHS Trust led on the refinement of personal care planning based on Patient Activation Measure (PAM) scores within respiratory services. The project has led to improved engagement, outcomes and experiences for those using respiratory services at the Trust. Where to look NICE (2016) […]

Leading change The Matron and nurses in the falls team at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust (NHCFT) identified unwarranted variation in the practice of observation for patients who may be at risk of falling. The matron, in collaboration with the nursing team, developed a new system of observation ‘Avoiding Falls Level of Observation Assessment Tool’ […]

Leading change The Chief Nurse at the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital NHS Trust (RLBUHT) led on a programme of work to refine the skills and training programme for staff to address unwarranted variation in health and safety training and appraisal compliance across the Trust. The new programme has delivered improved experiences, outcomes and […]

Leading change The Professor of Mental Health Nursing at Kingston and St George’s, University of London, a group of registered mental health nurses (RMHNs) and academics worked in partnership with service users to develop a therapeutic engagement questionnaire (TEQ) that measures the impact of engagement on a service user’s recovery. Where to look NHS England […]

Leading change Whittington Health NHS Trust’s Critical Care Outreach Nurse Practitioner working as part of the Critical Care Outreach Team (CCOT), led on the development of a more effective use of an existing triggering system as part of a care pathway for critically ill patients. This reduced unwarranted variation in the timely referrals of critically […]