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We presented the results of our first teamwork and safety climate survey to the staff at Paragon Veterinary Referrals in Wakefield yesterday. We are excited to continue our collaboration on implementing HUSH safety huddles to help reduce patient harm.

Today we are celebrating . The aim is to get as many people as possible wearing red to show their support and appreciation for all those participating, undertaking and supporting research.

Level up your QI skills! Join our Quality Improvement Level 3 - Leader training on Oct 21-22. Learn by doing (and undoing). Boost your QI expertise and drive meaningful change. Limited spots available - reserve your place by emailing [email protected]

Join our virtual Structured Judgement Review in Acute Care on 30th October 2024 from 1-5pm. Only £75 per person. Reserve your place today by emailing [email protected].

Nee and Muhammad present Designing Interactive Systems 2024 award winning paper “Development and Translation of Human-AI Interaction Models into Working Prototypes for Clinical Decision-making”

Shared CAIRE is investigating safe AI use in healthcare, with
The University of York and The MPS Foundation.

https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3643834.3660697

Our next community health check event is taking place next week! Driving forward our plan for a sustainable approach to tackling health inequalities in our community. Look forward to seeing you next week. HSJ_Awards

Connected Bradford Community Health Checks

As we countdown to the HSJ Awards in November, we wanted to give an overview of how the project came about, what we have accomplished so far, and what the future holds.

In November 2022 our Clinical Leadership Fellow Ciaran O'Neill began work on seeing how we could support our community after anecdotal evidence from clinical staff and the community indicated poorer cardiovascular outcomes from ethnic minority communities.

Research suggested cardiovascular disease (CVD) disproportionately affects those from the poorest communities; those from the most socio-economically deprived communities are more than four times more likely to die prematurely from CVD.

Local data from Connected Bradford showed that a large proportion of our population (14/30 wards) falls into the CORE20plus5 criteria and in some areas of Bradford we have some of the worst outcomes from CVD nationally.

The ambition was to improve the long-term health of the population, by identifying individuals with hypertension and diabetes early on. Through this we could also better understand the challenges and barriers to CVD health, and how we could better work with local organisations to support our communities.

Between December and January we developed connections within the PCN, VCSE organisations, and community leaders. This led to the first community co-developed health check event being held where 103 people attended, of whom:
- 61% of participants had an abnormal blood pressure;
- 3 participants were subsequently diagnosed with hypertension
- 3 participants were subsequently diagnosed with Type-2 diabetes

Using rapid qualitative evaluation techniques, based on Stanford University’s Lightning Report we were able to gather feedback and adapt the approach for future health check events. And using Connected Bradford we are able to track longer-term outcomes to evaluate the project and its impact on the health of our communities.

Building on the success of the first event, we have held a further two events across Bradford with tremendous support from the community.

Since we’ve started the programme, we have held three events, which have been attended by over 200 people! Through this we have began to:
a. understand the health needs of the community;
b. increase awareness of cardiovascular health through co-produced communication strategies, including a podcast;
c. develop strong ties with the community and so many amazing and supportive organisations and individuals.

Thinking forward, and building the team’s amazing achievement of being one of 200 submissions shortlisted for the HSJ_Awards, we are looking to further promote the spread and adoption of community-based health checks, working with existing and new partners.

A huge thank you to everyone involved for your support and commitment to the project!

We’re so pleased to have worked with so many brilliant teams to help improve patient safety and staff culture.

Read more in our latest insight: https://improvementacademy.org/10-year-safety-huddle-anniversary/

Let's give a big 👏👏 to Yorkshire and Humber Improvement Academy for 10 years of keeping people safe through its flagship HUSH programme.

Read more here https://tinyurl.com/4wdxt79y

Thank you to the staff at Improvement Academy (at the Bradford Institute of Health Research) for raising funds for us at their coffee morning today.
How delicious do these cakes look?! 😋

We are delighted to share that our Cardiac Rehabilitation Team have been awarded with the Patient Experience Award from the Improvement Academy!

The award highlights the teams dedication to delivering high-quality, compassionate care, and is in recognition of exceptional feedback from patients who said staff are "amazing", "person-centred", "kind", "knowledgeable" and "life-saving" 💙

A huge well done to everyone involved, we are so proud of you 👏

Want to join a brilliant team & have the opportunity to work on a range of exciting projects? Come & join us!
We are looking for a Communications & Training Coordinator to join our team who will support our Communications and Marketing.
Learn more about the post below & apply by 1st April 2023 here: bit.ly/3FrLNGL

New dates for our Foundation Gold Quality Improvement Training! 🗓️

This two-part virtually delivered course is designed for health & care organisations that have in-house QI expertise to support staff carry out quality improvement projects.

Apply now:

Foundation Gold Quality Improvement Training - February 2023 - Improvement Academy This virtual course is designed for health and care organisations that have in-house QI expertise to support staff carry out quality improvement projects after attending this theory-based course.

Applications are now open to join our team as a Leadership Fellow in August 2023! We have 3 exciting fellowships in:

(1) Learning from Patient Safety Incidents
(2) Real-world Clinical Use of AI
(3) Deteriorating Patients.

Read more & apply here:

Join the Improvement Academy as a Leadership Fellow 2023-2024 - Improvement Academy At the Yorkshire and Humber Improvement Academy, we are offering unique and challenging fellowships with a strong emphasis on Patient Safety and Quality Improvement. We are seeking three exceptional fellows from different professional backgrounds to undertake one of three year long attachments and t...

Our latest newsletter focuses on ‘A new era for supporting NHS and care staff’.

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We are looking for a Research Data Quality Analyst AND a Research Database Manager to join our team!
If you are whizzy with data and want to work to make a difference in Bradford and beyond these might be the jobs for you:
https://borninbradford.nhs.uk/news-events/vacancies/

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Learning how to help the NHS in crisis: our new report details four offers of support based on listening to managers, small scale tests of change, facilitated discussions, and evidence-based tools.
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'An alternative to presuming the NHS pressures will pass is to recognise that staff & patients are suffering now. Our report outlines key challenges for staff at this time, our offers of support, and an invite to everyone to join the conversation.
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