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The Campaign in your area
Over 100 staff at Conwy and Denbighshire NHS Trust walked for a mile around Glan Clwyd Hospital to raise awareness of the 1000 Lives Campaign amongst staff and patients.
"We came up with the slogan 'to go the extra mile', to show our commitment to taking those extra steps to improving the service we deliver to our patients", said Cathy Howe, Head of Clinical Governance. "We then decided that there was no better way to illustrate this commitment than by..." Read more
Welcome
Organisations around Wales are planning their own local launches to raise the profile of the Campaign amongst their staff and patients. Our opening story focuses on just one of those launches - and the impact it can have on communicating our commitment to patients.
You may well have seen the Campaign team in your organisation, as we begin the first round of visits to participating NHS Trusts and LHBs. It’s been great to meet you and hear how you’re already implementing the life-saving interventions and adapting them for your own areas of work. There’ll be more feedback on these visits in the next issue.
The word is certainly spreading about the Campaign - and through you - it's affects are already being positively felt by patients.
"Thank you for saving my life," says cardiac patient
"The treatment I received was first class. Please continue your fantastic work, so that others, like me, can have an extended and improved life."
Ammanford pensioner John Lyons is full of praise for the care he received from the whole team of staff in the cardiac department of Morriston Hospital, Swansea. Read his full story.
Don’t forget to visit our growing Around Wales pages - and plan to send your own story and news.
Do you have a patient story that we could include in a future e-Bulletin? E-mail 1000 Lives Campaign today.
The Extranet - a tool for sharing learning
The heart of the Campaign is a focus on organisations sharing good practice and learning - recognising that there are "pockets of excellence" throughout Wales.
Organisations have recently started using an extranet, an online tool developed by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI). Read more
Making the right link
Please note that the links in this issue of the e-Bulletin will take you to the Campaign’s intranet site (nww), which is only available in English. For those unable to access this site, please click on the following links to take you to the article on the Campaign’s internet site (www).
The campaign in your area
Given the best possible chance
Improving Leadership for quality
Local Communication Action Plan
Congratulations to Felicity Barclay who was recently appointed as the Campaign's Project Manager. Far from being new to the Campaign, Felicity has been involved from the start and has been the acting Project Manager since its launch in April.
Faculty welcomes two new members
The Faculty for Healthcare Improvement, which has been responsible for designing and monitoring the Campaign’s content areas, have made two new appointments.
Dr Stephen Hunter, Associate Medical Director at Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust, has been invited to take the post of Senior Advisor to take the work of the Faculty forward. He will be drawing on his experience of establishing and leading the Clinical Faculty at Gwent and has expertise in quality and service improvement.
Dr Sharon Mayor joins the Faculty as Co-ordinator on a two-day a week secondment from Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust where she is Lead Nurse for Research and Development.
Improving Leadership for Quality
Good communication with staff, being visible and assuming accountability are the three key things required for Boards to implement the Campaign well, according to Faculty member, Jan Davies. Read or listen to Jan's thoughts on Improving Leadership for Quality.
Campaign plaque now available
Let your staff and patients know that you're committed to improving patient safety through the Campaign. Use this artwork to make your own plaque - print it out, mount or frame and make sure it's displayed where as many people as possible will see it.
Spreading the Word
Include the 1000 Lives Campaign on your agendas for all your communication meetings.
For more tips to spread the word about the 1000 Lives Campaign, read the Local Communication Action Plan.
We want to hear from you...
This campaign is about you - your story, in your area and the patients whose lives you’re changing.
Contacting the 1000 Lives Campaign
Post: 14 Cathedral Road,
Cardiff CF11 9LJ
Tel: (029) 2022 7744
Email: 1000livescampaign@wch.wales.nhs.uk
The Campaign is being run as a collaborative, involving the National Leadership and Innovation Agency for Healthcare, National Patient Safety Agency, National Public Health Service, Wales Centre for Health and the Welsh Assembly Government’s Clinical Governance Support and Development Unit.