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1. Improving mealtimes for long-term inpatients

   Shared learning 31 Oct 18

   Part of: Experts by experience , Improvement approaches , Culture

   Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust aimed to improve nutrition and mealtime experiences for people with complex mental illness and dementia on the 16-person Marsden Ward at Monkwearmouth Hospital, Sunderland.

   Culture and leadership | Patient safety | Quality improvement

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2. Nursing development programme

   Shared learning 31 Oct 18

   Part of: Leadership , Resources , Innovation , Culture

   South London Partnership’s (SLP) three trusts — Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust — faced a challenge recruiting and retaining mental health nurses.

   Culture and leadership | Quality

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3. Transforming Tier 4 child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) and reducing out-of-area bed use

   Shared learning 31 Oct 18

   Part of: Resources , Innovation , Experts by experience

   About 65% of south London children and young people needing inpatient beds were cared for outside the South London Partnership’s (SLP) area during 2016/17, on average 73 miles from home.

   Quality | Quality improvement

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4. Shared forensic pathways

   Shared learning 31 Oct 18

   Part of: Experts by experience , Resources , Improvement approaches , Culture

   The South London Partnership (SLP) needed new clinical pathways when it took on responsibility for assessment, commissioning and care management of people who use forensic services.

   Culture and leadership | Quality | Quality improvement

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5. Leaders on leadership — John Brouder

   Shared learning 31 Oct 18

   Part of: Leadership , Innovation , Culture

   John Brouder has been Chief Executive of North East London Foundation Trust for the last 10 years and started his NHS career as a nurse. He has championed inclusivity in the trust and ensures it is a place where people want to come and work, as well as stay.

   Culture and leadership | Leadership and improvement capability

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6. Integrating mental and physical healthcare

   Shared learning 31 Oct 18

   Part of: Innovation

   Frail elderly patients often have multiple conditions that include mental health problems such as depression, delirium or dementia. Traditional healthcare models, particularly admission to acute hospitals, can bring harm as well as benefit for these patients.

   Quality | Quality improvement

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7. Employment passport

   Shared learning 31 Oct 18

   Part of: Leadership , Resources , Innovation , Culture

   South London Partnership’s (SLP) three trusts — Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust — wanted to improve career and development opportunities and working environments for clinical staff.

   Culture and leadership | Quality

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8. The wider context: using policy, demand and supply data for improvement

   Collection 31 Oct 18

   Part of: Valued care in mental health: a national improvement model

   Section two highlights the factors that together form the wider context shaping mental health services today.

   Leadership and improvement capability | Mental health | Quality

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9. Culture

   Collection 31 Oct 18

   Part of: Valued care in mental health: a national improvement model

   Section three is about explicitly understanding and addressing how culture plays a pivotal role in improvement.

   Mental health | Quality

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10. Leadership

    Collection 31 Oct 18

    Part of: Valued care in mental health: a national improvement model

    Section four describes the leadership practices and behaviours that leaders and prospective leaders found to work, and those that have not.

    Leadership and improvement capability | Mental health | Quality

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11. Resources

    Collection 31 Oct 18

    Part of: Valued care in mental health: a national improvement model

    Section five describes how mental health service providers can manage their resources — financial, human, tangible and intangible — in the pursuit of continuous improvement.

    Leadership and improvement capability | Mental health | Quality

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12. Improvement approaches

    Collection 31 Oct 18

    Part of: Valued care in mental health: a national improvement model

    Section six aims to enable people to make informed decisions about improvement methodologies.

    Leadership and improvement capability | Mental health | Quality

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13. Digitalisation

    Collection 31 Oct 18

    Part of: Valued care in mental health: a national improvement model

    Section eight highlights some of these opportunities, but also challenges, that are particularly relevant to mental health care.

    Leadership and improvement capability | Mental health | Quality

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14. Innovation

    Collection 31 Oct 18

    Part of: Valued care in mental health: a national improvement model

    Section nine demonstrates the current thinking and application in innovation in the NHS.

    Leadership and improvement capability | Mental health | Quality

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15. Trust improvement stories

    Collection 31 Oct 18

    Part of: Valued care in mental health: a national improvement model

    The final section includes trusts' improvement stories and reflections on their challenges, learning, as well as successful innovations and improvements.

    Leadership and improvement capability | Mental health | Quality

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