Great spending time at our Coventry UTC today with some of the team and some local pharmacies… looking forward to the launch of #PharmacyFirst for us on Monday #RightPlaceFirstTime #PharmRefer #Redirection #networking #positivity Ed Hartley Daniel Peach Bil Salman Maria Palmer

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Simple measures work! Covering the coagulation screens with a reminder of the indications to reduce unnecessary tests. A recent audit in ED showed over 60% of coag requests had no clear indication (sepsis, d dimer and trauma covered separately!)

#teamEM at stand-up this morning…patient focused presentations about little improvement ideas that have impacted positively on our patients journeys & workforce engagement! Well Done team! #teamAcute #teamED #governance #ambulanceturnaroundtimes UHCWi KPO Daniel Peach Ed Hartley

Day 1 RPIW 14.2 - Rapid Assessment & Treatment (RAT) the team had a full day of taught #UHCWi tools & concepts, whilst understanding their data through standard operations tools & a value stream map. Great engagement, keep you’re eyes peeled to see how this progresses #RPIW 👀

This key project that will improve patient and staff experience in our ED department was delivered on budget and ahead of schedule thanks to hard work and dedication of a multi-disciplinary team at UHCW NHS Trust including Kara Marshall Ed Hartley Daniel Peach Marie Fogarty 🏨🙏🏻💙

Today at stand-up we heard from Gareth & Claire on the continued PDSA of the Simultaneous Assessment process and improvements for patients in ED & from Stephen, Liz & Jane how engaging the UTC team has led to new standard work&improved patient communications #BetterNeverStops

Big shout out to all the SAS doctors working in EM. You really are an essential part of our departments, quietly going about your business, thank you! #SASWeek23

Craig & Jakob have been at Coventry UTC this week working with engaged staff to improve their processes, the team were taught #UHCWi tools before ideas generation & learning how to implement PDSA through the ball game to make incremental improvements. Well done to all involved 👏

Great night celebrating OSCA nominations…This year has seen massive innovation within #teamEM … that couldn’t have been done without the dedication and engagement of our teams..proud night to reflect on what we’ve achieved this year.. #dreamteam #thankyou Ed Hartley Daniel Peach

Come and join a fab team at our Urgent Treatment Centre’s - a great opportunity to make a difference! 😊
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Ed Lodge and claire evans report out at the end of a fantastic RPIW. Great enthusiasm for patient centred processes, commitment to UHCWi methods and optimism for change! Well done team!

Day 1 of the ED Majors RPIW off to a great start with some thought provoking quotes from our sponsors! The team learnt about UHCWi tools, current state & generated ideas to potentially test to gain a future state! Watch this space, more ideas generation tomorrow 🤩🙌 #UHCWi #RPIW

Fab day 2 with #TeamEM Thank you to all the team working hard & to the staff that have shared ideas & joined in to help today. The 5S 'Sort' is in full flow & has already made a huge difference. Next stop Frailty storeroom 😀 #betterNeverStops #UHCWi Holly Randle Marie Fogarty

It’s great to be part of this project - we have an acute medicine service to be proud of!

It’s Acute Med Awareness Week! We’ve started with a official opening of our new footprint with our CEO ! We’re 13 weeks in now and we are proud to be able share our improvements made to the patient’s front door journey with our direct care team who have made it happen #TeamAcute

This was a helluva job! Great work!

No mallet splints were harmed in this 5S exercise….

Helen and her team are doing some fantastic work on sustainability in the ED - come and take a look

Today marks the completion of major improvement works in Adult Emergency Department environments… including the opening of 2 new resuscitation bays… #teamEM #collaboration #milestones UHCW NHS Trust Ed Hartley Daniel Peach claire evans

Key UHCW NHS Trust milestone yesterday that will improve patient & staff experience: successful delivery of Phase 4 of the emergency dept expansion project (& ribbon-cutting 🎀 ✂️😊) - two new resuscitation cubicles opened alongside other new developments. Well done all! 💙