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“There’s No Place Like Home”: Reducing Paediatric Discharge Steps
It is widely acknowledged that the traditional system of using the hospital dispensary for completion of a patient’s discharge prescription is a “time consuming and inefficient process”. In Antrim Area Hospital, the majority of discharge prescriptions are completed at ward level. Ward level dispensing has helped to expedite the discharge process thus making beds available […]
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Forward Thinking: Seeking Alternatives to Bleeps
A quality improvement project to reduce the number of bleeps for non-urgent tasks using a novel, secure messaging platform. It is effective but there are challenges with IT infrastructure and information and data governance considerations.
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Implementation of a Prolonged Neonatal Jaundice Pathway: A Quality Improvement Initiative
I undertook a retrospective data collection Audit in May 2019 to review the PNJ referral pathway implemented in 2015. The data I found supports the success of this program with a marked reduction in unnecessary referrals to Neonatal Clinic.
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National Impact of RCPCH Best Practice Guide on Timing of Detection of Cleft Palate – Time to Adopt Successful Local Quality Improvement Initiatives
Impact of the RCPCH Best Practice Guide to examination of the palate on rates of delayed detection of cleft palate in the UK, including details of a Quality Improvement Project at Medway Hospital, Kent to improve early detection. This poster has an additional audio link, please see here.
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Getting Home in Time for Tea: Streamlining Discharges From a General Paediatric Ward
This quality improvement project focused on improving the timelines of discharges on a general paediatric ward. Through numerous PDSA cycles a significant improvement in the number of patients being discharged earlier in the day was achieved.
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Junior-Led Improvement Project: Improving Morning Handovers’ Quality and Length in a District General Hospital with the Introduction of a Handover Checklist
This project aimed to provide a consistent structure to our morning handover – highlighting key components such as unwell children & staffing levels. Our data showed engagement with the checklist as well as variation in start times and duration.
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