Why not join Fab Change Week 2019- an example of a national initiative!
Every year at Sheffield Hallam University we participate in Fab Change Week! Within the faculty of health and wellbeing we have a wide variety of aspiring professionals. You are the future of health and social care! As such, you should have the opportunity to be involved in this amazing grassroots social movement. The momentum has…
A big welcome from Roy Lilley
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Service improvement from our student studying BA Children, Young People and Families!
A pioneering new youth club for deaf children- believed to be the first in Rotherham- has opened it’s doors. Here it made the local news where the reporter spoke to Annie Cuckson who explained that her personal experience and role as chairperson for Rotherham Deaf Connections led to the development of the idea. The aim…
SCIE National Co-production Week – Breaking down the barriers to co-production 2-6 July 2018
This is an annual event which has taken place for the last 3 years. It has a social care focus but is relevant to all professions. Co-production Week celebrates the benefits of co-production, shares good practice and highlights the contribution of people who use services and carers to developing better public services. Co-production is about…
Theatre cap challenge: ODP’s, nurses, midwives, doctors and others get involved across the globe!
Follow the link to watch this video by Rob Beckett talking about the theatre cap challenge and human factors at work in theatres: Writing your name on your uniform to avoid mix-ups is undoubtedly a sensible move. It’s a little hard to imagine how something so simple could help save lives. But when Australian anaesthetist…
Occupational Therapy Service improvement wins award
Occupational Therapists improving pathways for patients A group of Occupational Therapist (OTs) held the first Carlisle joint working event in June. The objective for the day was staff from different teams to work in groups to discuss on improving referrals, prevent duplication, identify local issues and pathways to improve the patient journey so they have…
Mealtimes Matter
For me, one of the most vital and obvious areas we can make a difference no matter where we work is mealtimes. Whether that be a hospital, a care home, a school or working with people in the community, food is a social activity and can be the source of many service improvements. If someone…
A health promotion related service improvement
Quilt to Quit© is a Sheffield based initiative supporting pregnant women to stop smoking. It could be adapted into other areas of Health and Social Care. It was developed following a one year study by Helen Baston at the Jessop Wing, Smoking in pregnancy is associated with many health risks including increased risk of miscarriage, still…
A useful book for you to download
You can download this free book from the Health Foundation website. It will be massively useful when writing your assignment! Improving quality is about making health and social care safe, effective, person-centred, timely, efficient and equitable. In the history of Health and Social Care there has never been such a focus on improving the quality…
School focused service improvement spreads across the UK
https://thedailymile.co.uk/news-media/ Follow the link to this website. The Daily Mile is simple and free and gets children out of the classroom for fifteen minutes every day to run or jog, at their own pace, with their classmates, making them fitter, healthier, and more able to concentrate in the classroom. Over 4,600 schools are now involved!…
A local farm helping to improve mental health through volunteering…could this give you any ideas?
Heeley City Farm The animals and friendly staff and volunteers here offer a refreshing alternative to busy everyday life, even though the farm is so close to the city centre. The goats, pigs, horses and sheep are accompanied by smaller creatures like rabbits, ferrets and guinea pigs. While the farm is open every day of…
Radiotherapy and Child Nursing Service Improvement Ideas
Putting on a radiotherapy mask that covers your face, stretches over your shoulders and fastens to a treatment bed to hold you in place can be a claustrophobic experience for most adults. It’s worse if you are a child unable to understand the vital importance of staying still for targeted treatment. “The masks are…
ODP and nursing service improvement example
Key Points Challenging the long-held dogma of ‘nil by mouth from midnight’ is not easy and requires both persistence and credible champions When there are competing pressures (reducing starvation versus perceived risk of list delays/cancellations), these need to be discussed openly Focusing the project on the patient rather than the process allows staff to speak…
Maternity Service Improvements
#MatExp is a powerful social campaign involving people from all walks of life from all across the country, including some of these wonderful Tweeters It aims to: Encourage and empower users of maternity services to join conversations about their experiences of maternity care, and what really makes a difference to that experience. Get health care…
The School For Change Agents
If you’ve been frustrated by having to navigate stifling hierarchies to get the changes you know are needed, or criticised for being a trouble maker, disruptive or even divisive, then The School for Change Agents is for you. It’s more than just a school — it’s a platform for learning, and a community of people like you….
Co-Production in health and social Care
A big part of service improvement is co-production. But what on earth is it? Here’s an amusing explanation from Brian Blessed!!!! https://vimeo.com/42332617 Co-production is about developing more equal partnerships between people who use services, carers and professionals. It is important to have an agreed definition between everyone taking part in any co-production activity. There are…
Service Improvements in Social Work
Here is an example of a simple service improvement in social work which demonstrates co-production (working with the service user). When the below organisation asked service users what was most important to them, they said they got anxious about home visits because all they had was a letter with a time and date on. They would like…
Top hints and tips
Here are some really useful hints and tips from the team at Fab Change Week: Click to access Fab-Change-Week-Uncovered-Hints-and-Top-Tips.pdf
Your opportunity to be involved in Kate Granger’s “Hello, my name is….” campaign: the perfect example of a simple change having a massive impact
In 2011 Kate Granger, a doctor from Leeds, was diagnosed with desmoplastic small-round-cell tumor (DSRCT), a type of sarcoma, and subsequently started the “#hellomynameis” campaign encouraging healthcare staff to introduce themselves to patients.Kate also raised over £250,000 for local cancer charity, the Yorkshire Cancer Centre Appeal. Here she is explaining why and how she implemented…
My Idea Made a Difference- local examples from practice
Here are some really good examples of staff making simple changes to improve the service user experience at one of our local hospital trust. We will be sharing several examples from health and social care over the course of the week but these ideas might get you thinking of how they could be applied in…
Service improvement ideas from our IPE students
https://serviceimprovementbook.wordpress.com/ Service improvement continues to feature as a key component of interprofessional education (IPE) at Sheffield Hallam University. Our IPE programme includes around 3500 students from 14 different professions learning with, from and about each other throughout the duration of their courses. This concludes with an assessment based on service improvement in practice. The final…
Can SHU make a difference? 