DAP 2009/10 Final 1 - Taranaki District Health Board

DAP 2009/10 FinalThis objective can be best captured as “releasing time to care”While the direct Health Round Table learning programme will take a single service improvement projectfrom initiation to an embedded continuous quality improvement focused service - in this case the StrokePathway - the work undertaken will generate a level of understanding and support from staff across theacute pathway.This initial enthusiasm will drive further “lean” initiatives and learning for all staff involved both in thehospital and the wonder sector.The problem:One of the biggest challenges is managing the time to enable all staff and stakeholders to engage in thedesign briefing process. The workloads at all levels of the organisation are frenetic; clinically the hospitalcontinues to deliver patient care above normal volumes and complexity and additional elective services,undertake development of Models of Care within service planning, complete our work with QIC programme,implement new services as outline last quarter and initiate a work plan aimed at positioning ourselves to meetthe clinical needs of the 2009/10 year.The key is to fit as much into the existing meeting schedules, that meetings can be used for dual purposes,and staggering some pieces of work.How to do this?Joy FarleyGM HOSPITAL & SPECIALIST SERVICES100