We have a guest speaker in our monthly InfoBites session tomorrow 5th March at 13:00 in
Illingworth Library. Tracy Jackson from Sheffield Children's Hospital will be introducing Clinical
Microsystems in a 20 minute session where you can also enjoy food nibbles and buy
or bring a drink with you.
Well personally I have no idea what Microsystems are…..although
I assume they are small rather than large… so I asked Tracy to fill me in with
some background information.
Apparently this is a collaborative venture between Sheffield Teaching Hospitals and
SCH and is a service improvement initiative which is entirely patient focused
so the emphasis is on quality not cost saving.
Thirty people from the two
hospital trusts received training last autumn to be ‘coaches’ and they are
currently working with multidisciplinary teams.
With the help of these coaches(see picture) – more of whom
are being trained as I write - skills can be built in established teams within
the hospital to help them implement solutions of their own, in order to
successfully deliver change and improve service delivery.
This is a 3 year scheme which we were successful in
receiving a grant from Health Foundation to implement and the scheme is supported by the Executive Team and senior managers across the trust.
I think it all sounds really interesting and I'm hoping that
the phone doesn't ring too much during the session so I can sit and listen
myself…there may well be ideas we can pinch for the library…
Do come along to hear Tracy and
if you want any more information on Clinical Microsystems please check out this
website or contact Tracy direct by email: Tracy.jackson@sch.nhs.uk
...hope the cakes aren't too micro....
