Alan Gurbutt
Mental Health Nurse
Lincolnshire
England - East Midlands
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Thomas John Rose posted an update in the group Quality Management in Healthcare 2 weeks, 4 days ago
PAS 1616, ISO 15189, ISO 9001, and BS ISO 7101 can ALL be implemented with a Integrated Management System (IMS) using the Annex SL Framework. With the right design the following standards can also be included: The General Pharmaceutical Council’s Standards for pharmacy professionals May 2017 and The Royal College of Radiologists’ Standards. Oth…Read more
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Edel Otoole joined the group Quality Improvement and the wellbeing of the workforce 2 weeks, 5 days ago
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Edel Otoole joined the group Quality Management in Healthcare 2 weeks, 5 days ago
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Thomas John Rose posted an update in the group Quality Management in Healthcare 2 weeks, 5 days ago
I’ve said many times that Quality Improvement (QI) is not the same as Continuous Improvement (CI). I’ll say it again, QI is not the same as CI. Have a look at this: https://aqua.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/Embedding-a-Culture-and-System-for-Continuous-Improvement.pdf. ‘Embedding a culture and system for continuous improvement’. The word…Read more
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Hilda Campbell MBE posted an update in the group Quality Improvement and the wellbeing of the workforce 2 weeks, 6 days ago
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Nurses have these qualities, I agree with Albert.
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Thomas John Rose posted an update in the group Quality Management in Healthcare 3 weeks, 4 days ago
The webinar wasn’t up to much anyway so you didn’t miss anything. Anyway here is a bit on the PACA (PDSA) cycle. It’s part of Continuous Improvement (CI) not QI. Not no mention of improvement science or a lengthy report. See: …Read more
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I found quite a few nuggets of wisdom in your webinar Tom so thank you. I was trying to re watch parts as i particularly enjoyed your definitions of Quality vs Continuous Improvement, this is something i am getting wrong at present However i cannot access the recording to listen again where it is stored – appears to want em to log in to the CQI…Read more
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Thanks for you comments Matt. I don’t think that the recording is available yet but will check. I’ll let you know. You can find the pages here: https://catmalvern.co.uk/Lectures/Lecture11/Index.html
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People get confused over Quality vs Specification and Quality Improvement vs Continual Improvement. I did try to illustrate the differences during the webinar. I can post on this if needed.
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please do post on these topics, really interests me. Have read the resources from your webinar Tom but as always leads to new trails of thought so more of your knowledge and experience on these topics would be very welcome
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Hilda Campbell MBE posted an update in the group Quality Improvement and the wellbeing of the workforce 3 weeks, 4 days ago
Zentangle
I recently heard of this from a colleague https://zentangle.com/ Interesting way to relax, bring focus to the moment
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I learnt this week that ISO15189 Quality and Competence in Medical Laboratories is not a classed as a management standard by ISO so doesn’t comply with Annex SL nor are there any plans for it to do so. However, it is based on ISO9001 and ISO17025 which apparently are management systems. All feels a bit odd.
Nigel
Interesting to hear Nigel. Am I right to think 15189 is based on ISO/IEC 17025 and ISO 9001, what is missing from 15189 that led ISO to decide that it shouldn’t be classed as a MS?
Sorry I deleted my reply in error. I’ll re-post if I can remember what I said!
Hi Tom, sorry for my ignorance and I may have misunderstood this completely. While 7101 applies to the entire hospital, how does it address the differing requirements across disciplines in the hospital, particularly those with very specific regulatory needs e.g. radiation regulations relevant to radiotherapy and imaging department, human tissues…Read more
Oops I just deleted my post by mistake. I’ll re-do it in the morning. Did you, by any chance, have a copy by email? The different requirements are addressed by their own standards like 15189 and 17025 for example. 7101 or 9001 just cover the MS. Key is the process documentation and process management – I keep going on about the importance of this.…Read more
ISO17025:2017 is a normative reference for ISO 15189:2022.
Interesting that Nigel said is it not considered to be a management system standard by ISO as we are accredited to it and UKAS have never said that it isn’t, plus it has a whole section on management system requirements which is pretty similar to ISO 17025.
Lesley, I did explain in a previous post but deleted it in error. You may have an email copy of the post. I’ll try to re-post the lost content.