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April Masson (she/her)

Portfolio Lead for Primary Care

Healthcare Improvement Scotland

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  • April Masson posted a new activity comment 1 year, 3 months ago

    UPDATE: We have booked our speaker for the event- Professor Hardeep Singh of Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX. Professor Singh is a world leader in quality and safety and he’ll be sharing his thoughts on achieving diagnostic excellence in primary care. We ae delighted to have the opportunity to work with him.

  • April Masson posted an update in the group Primary Care 1 year, 3 months ago

    Healthcare Improvement Scotland has been delivering a fresh, new approach to improving primary care access over the past year. The Primary Care Access Programme (PCAP) uses a mix of quality improvement (QI), sprint, and demand, capacity, activity, queue (DCAQ) methods.

    We have now supported over 100 teams through the programme and have published…Read more

  • April Masson posted a new activity comment 1 year, 3 months ago

    Thank you! @rammya-mathew we are still looking for someone- the brief is below. I’m reaching out to an author of a paper on preventable harm in PC today as well but I’m starting to worry we won’t find someone in time so please if anyone knows anyone hit me up!! Thanks so much. 🙂

  • April Masson posted a new activity comment 1 year, 3 months ago

    Hi Lizzie,
    Thanks for responding. It’s really about re-starting a national conversation about safety in primary care in Scotland. I am looking at having a speaker for 30 minutes to kick it off, followed by a workshop of 45 minutes to dive into the detail. Aims along the lines of- 1) Exploring key issues and challenges around patient safety in…Read more

  • April Masson posted an update in the group Primary Care 1 year, 3 months ago

    We are looking for a speaker for a national workshop on Patient Safety in Primary Care. Does anyone have any good recommendations? Thanks in advance!!

    • Tagging the convenor @rammya-mathew here, she might have a recommendation 🙂 (or maybe even herself if she’s available? can’t imagine a better speaker!)

      • Thank you! @rammya-mathew we are still looking for someone- the brief is below. I’m reaching out to an author of a paper on preventable harm in PC today as well but I’m starting to worry we won’t find someone in time so please if anyone knows anyone hit me up!! Thanks so much. 🙂

    • Hi April,
      Have you got a particular theme? I work in patient safety and as a GP, so may be able to think of some contacts. Email me Elizabeth.Sweeting@yhia.nhs.uk
      Lizzie

    • Hi Lizzie,
      Thanks for responding. It’s really about re-starting a national conversation about safety in primary care in Scotland. I am looking at having a speaker for 30 minutes to kick it off, followed by a workshop of 45 minutes to dive into the detail. Aims along the lines of- 1) Exploring key issues and challenges around patient safety in…Read more

    • UPDATE: We have booked our speaker for the event- Professor Hardeep Singh of Baylor College of Medicine, Houston TX. Professor Singh is a world leader in quality and safety and he’ll be sharing his thoughts on achieving diagnostic excellence in primary care. We ae delighted to have the opportunity to work with him.

  • April Masson posted a new activity comment 2 years, 1 month ago

    I wanted to thank everyone for your super helpful advice and signposting!! I am rushing about trying to get everything tidied up for going on holiday- long awaited 3 weeks visiting family in the US I havent seen since 2019. I am going to pass all this information on to one of my team members who will most likely be in touch. Thanks again. April

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