Quality Improvement Capability
Dear Colleagues,
I am the lead for the national Evidence 4 Quality Improvement 'Q Exchange' project (see https://q.health.org.uk/idea/2019/eviden...).
We believe that there is no current comprehensive mapping available of quality improvement capability across the NHS. This request is to enable us to create this and fill this 'gap' in our collective knowledge. The output will be made freely available.
We would like to know, please:
1. What the name of the department(s) is that provides improvement, service improvement, quality improvement, continuous improvement or internal consultancy services to your organisation?
2. The job title(s) for the manager or executive responsible for quality improvement work in your organisation.
3. The name(s) of any formal improvement methodology or approach (eg Kaizen, Lean, Model for Improvement, Virginia Mason etc) that your organisation uses for quality improvement, continuous improvement, service improvement or internal consultancy projects. If it has been internally developed, please share any external approaches it has been based on.
4. The details of any awards or external recognition that your organisation has received for quality improvement projects / work in the last 3 years.
5. The approximate staff Full Time Equivalent (FTE) inside the team(s) identified in the answer to question 1 and the job titles of staff within those teams.
6. The approximate staff Full Time Equivalent (FTE) outside of the team(s) identified in the answer to question 1 but with a proportion of their time formally allocated to service improvement, quality improvement, continuous improvement or internal consultancy, and the name of the department(s) or teams which these staff work in.
7. The approximate total budget that your organisation has allocated to quality improvement in each of the last 3 years (financial or calendar years - whichever is easiest).
8. The approximate number of staff trained in quality improvement in each of the last 3 years (financial or calendar years - whichever is easiest).
Yours faithfully,
Andrea Gibbons
Dear Ms Gibbons,
I acknowledge receipt of your request under the Freedom of Information
(FOI) Act, and you can expect the Trust’s response on or by 05/05/2021.
Yours sincerely,
IG/FOI Coordinator
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Kempston Rd | Bedford | MK42 9DJ
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From: Burnett Donna (RC9) Luton & Dunstable Hospital FT
<[Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust request email]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 6, 2021 9:01 AM
To: foi (RC9) Luton & Dunstable Hospital TR <[email address]>
Subject: FW: Freedom of Information request - Quality Improvement
Capability
Donna Burnett
Trust Board Secretary
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Tel: 07812 493447
Visit: [1]www.bedfordshirehospitals.nhs.uk
Good afternoon
FOI 488...Please accept the team's apologies for the delay in providing a
response, see the attached .
Kind Regards
FOI Team
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From: FOIBEDFORDSHIREHOSPITALS (BEDFORD HOSPITAL NHS TRUST)
<[email address]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 6, 2021 5:45 PM
To: [FOI #744344 email]
<[FOI #744344 email]>
Subject: Response 488: Freedom of Information request - Quality
Improvement Capability
Dear Ms Gibbons,
I acknowledge receipt of your request under the Freedom of Information
(FOI) Act, and you can expect the Trust’s response on or by 05/05/2021.
Yours sincerely,
IG/FOI Coordinator
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Kempston Rd | Bedford | MK42 9DJ
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From: Burnett Donna (RC9) Luton & Dunstable Hospital FT
<[Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust request email]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 6, 2021 9:01 AM
To: foi (RC9) Luton & Dunstable Hospital TR <[email address]>
Subject: FW: Freedom of Information request - Quality Improvement
Capability
Donna Burnett
Trust Board Secretary
Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Tel: 07812 493447
Visit: [1]www.bedfordshirehospitals.nhs.uk
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