We have really enjoyed being able to develop Case Studies and Short Case Studies from the interviews we started almost a year ago. Revisiting the interviews, and in some cases the teams, has only strengthened our conviction that the work done in Community Hospitals deserves to be highlighted and shared.
Working with our Graphic Designer, Bron Somerset, and seeing the first Case Studies as they will be shared formally has been exciting. We wanted to ensure that the presentation did justice to the content and Bron has achieved this. As we progress the Case Studies and Short Case Studies we are reminded of the importance of Quality Assurance within our processes – this is important to ensure organisations and their stories are represented correctly and also our relationships with them.
Our refreshed and updated website has gone live (without any technical hitches) – seeing all of these strands of work start to come together is satisfying and will give us a great platform to share the learning from our project.
We were delighted to receive an email from the ICIC22 Scientific Committee telling us our abstract has been accepted to present as an Oral Presentation at the 22nd International Conference on Integrated Care (ICIC22), taking place from 22 – 25 May 2022 in Odense, Denmark. We are now busy compiling our poster to accompany the presentation.
It was great to put together our final report for QExchange – our learning logs were invaluable in contributing to this. While it was valuable to be able to reflect on the work we have done and fulfil the requirements for Q it does represent another milestone completed.
We had our first Community Hospital Special Interest Group discussion where 2 of our Case Studies were presented. The presentations were very well received and words like “inspirational” used to describe the work done in Community Hospitals. You can access the recording here: https://q.health.org.uk/event/how-have-community-hospitals-responded-to-covid-19-sharing-innovations-and-best-practice/?dm_i=501H,N6FU,54N52P,2TDNR,1
It has been a busy month but the joy in developing and sharing this work continues. Fundamentally, Community Hospitals are fab!