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Gemma Hawtin

Physiotherapy Assistant

Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust

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  • The South East region are hosting a free masterclass on the evidence for quality improvement.

    Ditch the QI guesswork! 

    Join QI evidence experts Jess Pawley & Dr. Andrea Gibbons in our interactive masterclass.    

    Discover how evidence can guide smarter decisions, save time, and spark innovation in QI.  

    Learn practical strategies to seam…Read more

  • Julia Wood posted an update in the group Improving Joy in Work 3 days, 10 hours ago

    Only a few hours left to register! 

    Getting started with Joy in Work – virtual session 26th April 12 – 1 

    Within this Special Interest Group we have experts, complete novices, and everyone else in between.

    I am therefore running a one hour introductory session on the 26th April for those of you who are wondering how to get started with Joy i…Read more

    • Great to have you as part of this SIG Elaine.

      Please feel free to let people know where you are on your JiW journey – no pressure though if you would rather not :).

      If you would like to chat about anything JiW related please do let me know, or tap into the collective brain power of our members!

  • Julia Wood posted an update in the group Improving Joy in Work 4 days, 6 hours ago

    It’s International Scream Day today!

    Apparently screaming makes us calmer and happier…

    http://tinyurl.com/2vzf6nms

  • 📌 Last reminder: tomorrow (Thu 25th) 📌

    How to develop Lean capability and Kirkpatrick model to evaluate its success?

    Join member Iain Smith as he explores his recently published paper, exploring a useful QI capability-building and evaluating model.

    We’ve been preparing some interesting zoom interactions for you, so you can experience a bit of…Read more

    • *use the Kirkpatrick (…)

      Sorry folks, I’ve been making so many typos these days that I’m thinking about going to the doctor about it 😬 I don’t know what’s up.

      Alas, with no edit button, I can only fix this by reposting – and I’m choosing here not to bombard your notifications. Hope that’s ok. Sorry again for the typo.

    • I thought the little exercise with the square of paper was really good. Rather like Deming’s Red Bead experiment it demonstrated the problems with a poorly designed process. It also demonstrated that ‘Output’ measures are ‘shutting the door after the horse has bolted’. In order the identify error early enough the ‘in process’ measures are…Read more

  • There’s a lot going on for AHPs this week!

    Has anyone seen good examples of Greener QI projects?

    My favourite so far is e-bikes for patient visits- saving on fuel, increased activity for staff. I wonder how much use they get in winter though?

    • Hi Jo!

      There have been so many great sessions this week! I have been fortunate to work with a few AHP teams who have presented!

      – At lunch time tomorrow (26th April) you can still join Laura and Krithea presenting their SusQI project on reducing single use items in hospitals -…Read more

    • Thanks for sharing Rachel- it has been a busy week! Will the recordings be put on the Sustainable healthcare website?

  • Julia Wood posted an update in the group Improving Joy in Work 5 days, 4 hours ago

    Survey by Unison, published on 7th April, has found:

    · 31% (so 3 in 10) of NHS employees have had to take time of work with mental health issues in the past year.

    · One in five of those off with mental health problems didn’t tell their employer the real cause of their absence, demonstrating the stigma around anxiety and depression is still an is…Read more

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