‘Be the Change’ launched in February 2014 as a concept conceived by junior doctors (F1s), based on social movement theory and inspired by the national NHS Change Day. It has since become an integral part of the ASPH QI programme. We aim to empower all staff to identify quality improvement opportunities in their own areas … More Welcome to Be the Change

Paul Batalden and Frank Davidoff of the Dartmouth Institute describe quality improvement as: “The combined efforts of everyone – health care professionals, patients and their families, researchers, commissioners, educators – to make changes that will lead to better patient outcomes, better system performance, and better professional development.”

The Ashford and St Peter’s NHS Foundation Trust (ASPH) ‘Quality of Care’ strategic objective (2018-23) states that we aim to be “creating a learning organisation and a culture of continuous improvement, to reduce repeated harms and improve patient experience”. One of the ways we will contribute to achieving this objective for the organisation will be … More Our Mission

Last year, we asked Dr Peter Wilkinson to write a short blog on his reflections and his top 5 learning points following his participation in a one-week, in-person training course provided by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). As well as being an Improvement Coach, Dr Wilkinson is also an Ambassador for Health and Sustainability … More QI and Sustainability

Whenever possible we ask members of the ASPH team to reflect on their improvement projects and share their stories.  Hopefully this helps to both share best practice and tips on the sometimes complex journey to making improvements in quality and safety; but also to inspire others in their own QI efforts. This month we are … More Project Joey – A marathon not a sprint

Next month the IHI/BMJ International Forum for Quality and Safety in Healthcare takes place in Amsterdam and we are looking forward to joining a small delegation from ASPH and our local, partner organisations at the conference. These kind of forums are invaluable for sharing ideas, meeting like-minded colleagues from other organisations and finding inspiration. Last … More Finding Inspiration

On 6th March, we were pleased to welcome Dr Rob Galloway, ED Consultant from Brighton and Sussex University Hospital, to deliver a one day Human Factors training event at ASPH. Human Factors was defined by Catchpole, of the Clinical Human Factors Group in 2010 as; “enhancing clinical performance through an understanding of the effects of … More Human Factors and Quality Improvement

This is the second part of a blog by Dr Emma Wilkinson, Care or the Elderly Consultant.  Emma has written the blog to describe the learning from a project aiming to improve the care we provide for patients at the end of their life.  You can read the first part or Emma’s blog here. Part … More What Matters to You?