PDSA cycles
Plan, Do, Study Act is a tool designed to test an idea by trialling the change and assessing its impact. The four stages of the PDSA cycle are:
 | Plan - the change to be tested or implemented Do - carry out the test or change Study - data before and after the change and reflect on what was learned Act - plan the next change cycle or full implementation |
More information on this tool can be found at:
NHS institute for Innovation and Improvement
Institute for Healthcare Improvement
No Delays Scotland
Examples of PDSA in action
PDSA catalog from TACHC
Pembrokeshire and Derwen NHS Trust
PDSA Cycle - Agree a way forward
PDSA Cycle - Availability of CP RMP on wards
PDSA Cycle - Evaluation of distribution of
questionnaires
Focusing on ophthalmology waiting lists
Productivity
Experience-Based Design
Experienced based design (ebd) is a new way of bringing patients and staff together to share the role of improving care and re-designing services. It is being developed by the NHS Institute for Innovation and Improvement as a way of helping frontline NHS teams make the improvements their patients really want.
More information on evidence-based design can be found at:
Evidence-Based Design tools
The ebd approach concepts and case studies book
The ebd approach guide and tools
The ebd approach case studies
ebd masterclass presentation
Prevention
LIPS
Leading Improvement in Patient Safety (LIPS) is a comprehensive programme developed by the NHS Institute to give acute and mental health trusts the passion, skills and confidence to eliminate harm to patients.
LIPS comprises executive and clinical team modules, aimed at different people within your trust – from chief executives and their executive teams to medical, nursing, finance and operational directors and senior clinicians through to patient safety managers and other operational staff. Trusts accepted onto the LIPS programme will enter into a partnership agreement with the NHS Institute to attend all modules of the programme.
More information about LIPS can be found at:
Films about Leading Improvement in Patient Safety (LIPS)
Supporting materials including other Trusts’ action plans
Safety improvement in action: follow trusts on their journey
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