New guide to commissioning short breaks for carers

The new Promoting Variety guide helps local authorities and HSCPs establish the conditions in local communities to provide carers with good and improving opportunities to access breaks from caring.

Using quality improvement to rapidly implement NHS Near Me

08 Sep 20

Find out how we used quality improvement to support the roll out of NHS Near Me, a national video-conferencing platform, across Primary Care, Mental Health, Maternity and Paediatric Care services during COVID-19.

Join our World Patient Safety Day 2020 campaign in Scotland

04 Sep 20

Read how we are marking World Patient Safety Day on 17 September 2020 with a range of initiatives across the organisation.

Two new learning systems for COVID-19 responses

08 Jun 20

Be inspired by innovative ideas and emerging practice from across health and social care.

Hibernating ihub QI programmes

18 Mar 20

Many organisations are temporarily suspending their current quality improvement (QI) programmes as part of their response to COVID-19. We’ve produced guidance, in liaison with some of our QI partners within NHS boards, to identify the key actions that can be taken now that will make it much easier to reinstate programmes later this year.

ihub response to COVID-19

17 Mar 20

To prioritise the capacity of health and social care services, Healthcare Improvement Scotland has taken the decision to adapt our normal ways of working to provide support to Scotland's health and social care services. This action is supported by Scottish Government.

Improving acute care for people living with frailty

20 Dec 19

We need to ensure that older people with frailty have access to the appropriate specialist care at the right time and in the right place. Read our case study about how five NHS boards tested approaches to improving care coordination and what we learned.

How quality improvement (QI) is keeping babies warm

18 Dec 19

Reducing the incidence of admission due to hypothermia is a core priority within the neonatal programme of the Maternity and Children Quality Improvement Collaborative (MCQIC).

MCQIC work highlighted in national neonatal report

18 Dec 19

The 2019 National Neonatal Audit Programme (NNAP) report into babies discharged in 2018 has highlighted the work of the Scottish Patient Safety Programme (SPSP)’s Maternity and Children Quality Improvement (MCQIC) programme.

New Dementia in Hospitals improvement collaborative

17 Dec 19

We are delighted to announce our Focus on Dementia portfolio’s new collaborative to improve the quality of care for people with dementia in hospitals by September 2021.

Reducing cardiac arrests for people at risk of deterioration in hospital care

28 Nov 19

Recognising and responding to deteriorating hospitalised patients is an important issue. Research identified mismanaged deterioration as the most common safety related incident in acute settings. By closely monitoring and observing patients, staff are able to recognise a person’s deteriorating health.

Sharing good practice to reduce delayed discharge from hospital

22 Nov 19

Here, we share how East Ayrshire Heath and Social Care Partnership (HSCP) ensures that people are safely and legally discharged from hospital to home, or a homely setting, as soon as they are medically fit.

Winners of QI Awards 2019

22 Nov 19

The 2019 QI Awards attracted a wide range of strong and innovative projects across nine categories, illustrating ways in which local people and teams have improved health, early years and family services. The winners were announced at a ceremony in Glasgow on 12 November 2019.

Case studies about quality improvement making an impact

12 Nov 19

What do community nursing, high-risk medicines and dementia post-diagnostic support have in common? They are topics covered in our most-recent impact stories.

New Housing and dementia practice framework

04 Nov 19

Launched on 30 October 2019 and available for download, the new 'Housing and dementia: a practice framework for Scotland's housing sector' was commissioned by Healthcare Improvement Scotland's ihub in partnership with the Chartered Institute of Housing Scotland and Alzheimer Scotland.

Voting for Q Exchange 2019 is now open!

14 Oct 19

Q Exchange is the Health Foundation and NHS Improvement’s funding programme, offering Q members the chance to develop project ideas and bid for up to £30,000. Q members are eligible to vote in this year's Q Exchange, so don't miss your chance to have a say in which projects receive funding. Voting is open until 21 October 2019.

New programme directory explains how the ihub can help you

11 Oct 19

We work in partnership with health and social care organisations to redesign and improve services in your local area. To explain exactly how we can help you, we’ve launched a new programme directory. It describes our four main types of improvement work and lists nearly 40 current improvement programmes.

Changing commissioning practice through building relationships

04 Oct 19

To truly deliver on the vision of self-directed support in Scotland, we need to change the way we commission health and social care services: we must empower individuals and communities by giving them real choices in how their health and care needs are met.

Young people taking the lead in mental health services redesign

17 Sep 19

Our latest impact story shares Nesta's report on the 100 Day Challenge where the ihub and Nesta's People Powered Results team worked together to test and develop unique approaches for accelerating change to improve children and young people's mental health and wellbeing in Midlothian.

NHS boards joining Frailty at the Front Door phase 2

16 Sep 19

Our Acute Care team is working with four NHS boards to improve care coordination for people living with frailty who present to unscheduled acute care services. Congratulations to the successful teams.

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