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  • Caroline Poole posted an update in the group Allied Health Professions in Quality Improvement 4 years, 1 month ago

    I’m wondering how the current coronavirus is affecting your trusts, and whether you are finding you are able to offer your QI support to the rapid changes that are happening in services? Has anyone found they’re making an impact? Any tips to share with others? I think as a community of improvers we have a HUGE amount to offer the NHS and social care in enabling change in this difficult times. Our improvement leadership has never been so needed. I hope everyone is OK.

    • This trust is mobilising all nurse and AHP staff to IP care and standing down all OP appts to allow this. This is supported by training and preparation for potentially a very different way for working for a period of time. A likely model will be a multi-disciplinary ward team of nurse, AHP and pharmacist. Changes will also shape the D2A model out of necessity rather than planned design. A QI opportunity needs to balance with the current focus on managing anxiety about staff’s own & family health, PPE levels and workloads with a high absence rate. We are getting ready!