Darent Valley Hospital - DGT - Quality Strategy

Delivering the Quality Strategy

Continuous Quality Improvement (CQi): To be a learning and improving culture, using continuous improvement to discover, create and innovate Over the next five years, we will invest in a DGT CQi Academy to provide the training, skill and knowledge required to successfully deliver quality improvements. This Academy would host and align all improvement efforts so that we can effectively and consistently measure cause and impact. We already adopt a range of improvement programmes such as LEAN methodology, the Nightingale and ward accreditation programme as well as audit-initiated improvement plans led by training doctors. DTG CQi Academy DGT CQi Academy: Methodology and Quality Management System Quality Improvement Methodology: We will be focusing on adopting a single improvement methodology for consistency and this will be the Model for Improvement. This will provide a cycle of improvement which involves problem definition and diagnosis, testing of change ideas, data collection and analysis, implementation and evaluation and a set of tools and techniques that support individuals to implement the improvements. It relies on engaging stakeholders, including patients and carers, as well as a learning culture and strong clinical and managerial leadership throughout the Trust. Our continuous improvement strategy, led by the Director of Improvement, describes in more detail the ways in which staff will be trained and supported to undertake change projects using the above frameworks. To support the successful delivery of this strategy, alongside the model for improvement methodology, we will also implement an effective quality management system using the tried and tested quality management framework that is used across the most successful health and social care organisations across the UK. Quality Management System:

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