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Pilot sites wanted for pioneering digital platform for staff engagement in quality improvement
UCLPartners is offering four organisations from across the UCLPartners region the opportunity to pilot a digital platform which supports staff engagement in quality improvement. The ImproveWell platform, part…
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New video highlights our role in shaping the healthcare workforce
UCLPartners has created a new video to outline its unique role in supporting the development of the future NHS workforce. Filmed at the annual UCLPartners Education Conference on…
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Life QI – Quality Improvement software for healthcare professionals
The challenge An increasing number of healthcare professionals within the UCLPartners region have been demonstrating an interest quality improvement (QI). Although a range of projects are being undertaken,…
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Successful patient safety programmes reduce deaths from acute kidney injury and sepsis
Two patient safety improvement collaboratives run by UCLPartners have reduced patient deaths caused by acute kidney injury (AKI) and sepsis by 47% and 24% respectively. The collaboratives ran…
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Review highlights potential bigger role for specialist trusts
A new report by UCLPartners and the Innovation Agency outlines how high-performing specialist trusts have the potential to do more to benefit the wider NHS. A review of…
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Staff improvement ideas get a boost with new app
Three healthcare organisations in our partnership have successfully piloted ImproveWell, a smartphone app that encourages and enables healthcare staff on the frontline to make improvement suggestions for their…
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Second cohort of health and care professionals announced as Aspiring Improvers
UCLPartners has selected 12 individuals to partake in the second round of our Aspiring Improvers programme. The participants come from a range of organisations across North Central and…
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Largest ever UK lung cancer screening study aims to improve early detection
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) and UCL have launched plans to embark upon the largest ever lung cancer screening project in the UK. The SUMMIT…
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Emergency Laparotomy Collaborative launched across UCLPartners
UCLPartners is inviting staff from across the region to join the Emergency Laparotomy Collaborative, supporting hospitals to improve outcomes for patients who undergo the procedure. Emergency laparotomy is…
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NHS long-term plan supports mental health initiative for young people
An initiative developed with UCLPartners to support young people’s mental health has been endorsed by the long-term NHS plan, published yesterday. The plan, which lays out how the…