{"id":4022,"date":"2019-07-08T12:03:38","date_gmt":"2019-07-08T11:03:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.healthinnovationnenc.org.uk\/?page_id=4022"},"modified":"2023-09-05T14:41:57","modified_gmt":"2023-09-05T13:41:57","slug":"improvement-toolkit","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/healthinnovationnenc.org.uk\/what-we-do\/transforming-patient-safety-and-quality-improvement\/q-initiative\/improvement-toolkit\/","title":{"rendered":"Improvement Toolkit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Google Tag Manager --><br \/>\n<script>(function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':\nnew Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],\nj=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src=\n'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);\n})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-WFLMJDS');<\/script><br \/>\n<!-- End Google Tag Manager --><br \/>\nThe Improvement Toolkit is for staff who work in healthcare, leading teams\/directorates\/departments involved in culture and\/or quality improvement work.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-primary\" href=\"https:\/\/healthinnovationnenc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Improvement-Toolkit-v4.pdf\">Improvement Toolkit<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This toolkit was updated in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>It is split into two main sections:<\/p>\n<p>Culture: This section aims to share with you practical ways you can evaluate the culture in your team and the steps you can take to make and sustain improvements<\/p>\n<p>Quality Improvement: This section provides you with an approach to help you improve quality, measure its success, and ensure improvements are sustained<\/p>\n<p>Both sections are supported by an additional section which shares some useful quality improvement tools and techniques which you may wish to use when looking at culture and\/or quality improvement work.<\/p>\n<p>The following documents are referenced in the toolkit:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/healthinnovationnenc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Culture-Survey-debriefing-write-up-BLANK.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Culture Survey Write up Template<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Once you have shared the culture survey results and received feedback through debriefing, you may wish to use this template to help write up your findings.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/healthinnovationnenc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Patient-Safety-Culture-Snapshot-Survey.docx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patient Safety Culture Snapshot Survey<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The AHSN has developed this very short 10 question patient safety survey which will provide you with a high level insight into your team culture.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/healthinnovationnenc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/QI-Diagnostic.xlsx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">QI Diagnostic<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This QI Diagnostic has been specifically designed for use with the Improvement Toolkit. 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