Northampton General Hospital NHS Trust Quality Account 2016-2017

Priority 5: To Deliver Reliable and Effective care
We recognise that there are aspects of healthcare that do not perform as well as they should. To
achieve best practice and outcomes for patients we will use care bundles to deliver high levels of
reliable, efficient and effective care.
A care bundle is a structured way of improving the processes for care and with it, patient
outcomes. At the same time as improving the consistency of care, bundles also improve efficiency
ensuring that we make the best possible use of the resources available to us.
The projects that we will undertake are:
Project 1 – To develop/update care bundles where clinical appropriate
Project 2 – To introduce and increase consistent of use of relevant care bundle
What we will measure:
Intentional rounding
SSkin
Stroke care
Sepsis 6
Heart Failure
Ventilated acquired pneumonia
Our goal is to become a learning organisation in which every member understands their role in
delivering clinical quality and works towards that goal every day. The delivery of our projects will be
supported by promoting staff training on quality improvement knowledge and the skills to bring
about change in practice to embed continuous improvement.
How progress will be measured and reported:
The metrics for our quality improvement priorities are agreed by the Trust Quality Governance
Committee which is a sub-committee of the Board. Progress against these priorities will be
reported to the Trust Quality Governance Committee through the Quality Improvement Scorecard
in consultation with the clinical leads and Divisional Management teams.
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