Quality Improvement - cohort 16
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Western General Hospital
Lynsey Alexander and Sarah Howorth - Ready to Go
Elaine Adams - Lost capacity in Endoscopy: Why do patients cancel?
Harvey Rutter - Used Once, Washed twice, no need
Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
Jason Newman & Stephanie Perrie- Introducing “Essential Goals for Home” to the Hip Fracture Pathway
Jennifer Park - Improving antibiotic stewardship within Critical Care
Zara Tumblety- Improving the pathway for Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation monitoring in acute stroke patients
Gillian Walker & Susan Reed - Improving dietetic effectiveness in a renal clinic
Royal Edinburgh Hospital
Stuart Currie - Reducing the incidence of omitted or delayed doses, and near miss events involving clozapine in REH inpatient wards
St Johns Hospital
Andrew Stevenson & Beth Walsh - Improving the Communication of Risk via the Emergency Department Safety Pause
Other
Louise Bailey (St Triduana’s Medical Practice) - To identify and reliably treat patients with Type 2 diabetes requiring second line medication in primary care setting
Marjory Brisbane & Leona Jackson (Strathbrock Partnership Centre) - Mail Management Improvements in Primary Care – making better use of admin staff to lighten the GP workload
Nicola Duffy (Newlands Medical Practice) -Safe prescribing of analgesics in Primary care
Natalie Wood & Louise Matthews (Pathhead Medical Centre) - Effective Care navigation in Pathhead Medical Centre
James Park (Bonnyrigg Health Centre) - Reduce waiting times and increase throughput for child referrals to Midlothian CLDN Service
Karen Reid & Sharon Stewart (Allermuir Health Centre/Wester Hailes Medical Practice) - To understand and explore the current process for managing acute and acute on chronic pain in adults at Wester Hailes and identify areas requiring improvement.