Conversations in Health and Care Improvement

Whether you’re a quality improvement professional, a leader in your organisation, or someone passionate about improving health outcomes, join us as we dive deep into the challenges and opportunities we face in delivering the best possible care. Each episode aims to foster a rich conversation on effective strategies, practical tools, and collaborative solutions that drive real-world impacts in healthcare systems. Dr Amar Shah, Chief Quality Officer at East London NHS Foundation Trust and National Clinical Director for Improvement at NHS England, and Pedro Delgado, Vice President at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement, host thoughtful discussions with wide-ranging guests from the world of quality improvement, to provide you with actionable insights and highlight best practice that can be replicated in diverse health and care settings.

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4 days ago

Delve into the concept of population health with episode three of our new, CPD-accredited podcast series: Conversations in Health and Care Improvement. Whether you are a healthcare professional, a quality improvement professional or simply passionate about improving health outcomes, listen to this podcast to: 
Explore how we can bring the mindset and method of quality improvement to support efforts in the field of population health.  
Investigate the connection between population health, equity and social justice.  Our guests share their real-world experience and insights and offer practical steps we can take to create a fairer, kinder society. 
Consider the vital role each of us can play in driving the structural changes needed to improve population health.  
Our guests this episode are Dr Andy Knox, GP and Associate Medical Director for Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS, focused on Population Health and Health Inequities, and Jesper Ekberg, who has a broad experience of leading regional and national public health initiatives, including as Director of Public Health, in his native Sweden.
Join a discussion hosted by Dr Amar Shah, Chief Quality Officer at East London NHS Foundation Trust and National Clinical Director for Improvement at NHS England and Pedro Delgado, Vice President at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
This podcast episode is CPD-accredited. To access your certificate of completion, please watch the podcast and complete the self-evaluation and feedback form here: 
https://forms.gle/1WDCTpovvqx5mUwy5
A full transcript can be downloaded here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gFAfZHZB_NhLnuXSawRIPi03z_3MIOFd/view?usp=share_link
Visit our website to learn more:  https://qi.elft.nhs.uk
Connect with our hosts on LinkedIn:
Amar Shah 
Pedro Delgado 

Ep2 Productivity

Tuesday Nov 19, 2024

Tuesday Nov 19, 2024

Calling healthcare professionals, quality improvement professionals and anyone passionate about improving health outcomes. Delve into the concept of productivity in health and care with episode two of our new, CPD-accredited podcast series: Conversations in Health and Care Improvement.
Deep dive into the concept of productivity, as we bring the word to life.
Learn what is driving the surge in interest in productivity within the NHS. Investigate how we can translate the abstract concept of productivity into something meaningful and actionable.
Consider how we can move beyond the mindset of merely increasing metrics and instead focus on optimising the resources at hand to ensure that our efforts drive meaningful and sustainable change where it is needed most.
Discover real world examples of transformational work, improving productivity and efficiency, while redesigning around what people want and need.
Our guests on this episode are Thea Stein, Chief Executive at the Nuffield Trust, and Miss Louisa Wickham, Medical Director at Moorfields Eye Hospital and National Clinical Director for Eye Care at NHS England.
Join a discussion hosted by Dr Amar Shah, Chief Quality Officer at ELFT and National Clinical Director for Improvement at NHS England and Pedro Delgado, Vice President at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
This podcast episode is CPD-accredited. To access your certificate of completion, please watch the podcast and complete the self-evaluation and feedback form here: https://forms.gle/5pTE9GGGQbU6jjg16 
A full transcript can be downloaded here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/13BbvW80UYZXI5wq-zTz6o62jEp5PQ8bi/view?usp=sharing 
Visit our website to learn more:  https://qi.elft.nhs.uk
Connect with our hosts on LinkedIn:
Amar Shah 
Pedro Delgado 

Ep1 The Future of Improvement

Tuesday Oct 15, 2024

Tuesday Oct 15, 2024

Delve into the future of quality improvement in health and care. 
Consider how quality improvement currently resonates with busy clinicians, trainees and students and explore how we can capture their imagination and energy to help improve the health and care system. 
Explore how to make quality improvement appealing, engaging and meaningful for our next generation of leaders and improvers.  
Learn from our guests who share their personal experience and insights in improving health and care.
Our guests on this episode are Dr Ben Allen, GP Partner at Birley Health Centre, with a special interest in elderly medicine and service improvement and Dr Gabrielle Mathews, an academic foundation doctor and Children and Young People’s Advocate at UCL Hospitals NHS Trust.
Join a discussion hosted by Dr Amar Shah, Chief Quality Officer at East London NHS Foundation Trust and National Clinical Director for Improvement at NHS England and Pedro Delgado, Vice President at the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
This podcast episode is CPD-accredited. To access your certificate of completion, please watch the podcast and complete the self-evaluation and feedback form here: https://forms.gle/tZDLm7iSHJgHTJP8A 
A full transcript can be downloaded here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1hguWjYvmTfBWTlhNbLAjt5Koz2_vvujd/view?usp=sharing 
Visit our website to learn more:  https://qi.elft.nhs.uk
Connect with our hosts on LinkedIn:
Amar Shah 
Pedro Delgado
 

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