Improvement programmes
The ihub runs a number of national programmes focused on supporting our health, social care and housing partners to deliver improved health and wellbeing outcomes for people in Scotland.
Bringing together expertise, knowledge and best practice
Discover how we’ve been working with health and care providers to design and deliver better services for people in Scotland.
How Scotland contributed to World Patient Safety Day 2020
With the message #SafeStaffSafeCare, read how our Scottish Patient Safety Programme raised awareness of World Patient Safety Day in Scotland, which was part of the World Health Organisation's international campaign.
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Improvement resources
The ihub produces a range of toolkits and resources, in collaboration with partners, to help improve health and social care delivery in Scotland. You can find out more by browsing and filtering in the improvement resources section.
Scottish Patient Safety Programme
The Scottish Patient Safety Programme (SPSP), part of the ihub, is a unique national initiative that aims to improve the safety and reliability of healthcare and reduce harm, whenever care is delivered.
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Online workshop introducing the Housing and Dementia Framework
The session introduces the framework, explores its key principles and outlines how it is used by housing organisations to support people to live well with dementia.
- Date: 26 Nov 2020
- Time: 14:00 to 15:30
- Location: Webinar
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Deteriorating patient webinar about early warning scoring
Join us for our first deteriorating patient webinar at 2pm on 25 November to hear about NHS Fife's experience of implementing an electronic early warning system.
- Date: 25 Nov 2020
- Time: 14:00 to 15:00
- Location: Webinar
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Leading beyond COVID-19: a QI Connect webinar
Join Suzie Bailey from The King’s Fund to discuss the learning from the 2020 pandemic and the current leadership approaches in health and care services.
- Date: 26 Nov 2020
- Time: 15:00 to 16:00
- Location: Webinar
FEATURED NEWS
How we are supporting the implementation of safe and effective care navigation processes and pathways
Effective care navigation enables better use of GP practice and wider primary care resources to help patients be seen by the right person, at the right time and in the right place. Find out how by downloading a new 10-step guide and joining one of our online workshops during December.
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Latest news and events
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The #HousingAndDementia framework sets out five person-centred outcomes that people living with dementia have told us are important to them. The download link is below... twitter.com/FocusOnDementi…
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Would you like to learn about how to develop appropriate documentation for your Hospital at Home service? Join us at the third H@H Virtual Learning Session by emailing his.livingwell@nhs.scot #UKHaH #HaHLearning pic.twitter.com/gFnCdecvlj
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Healthcare Improvement Scotland have shared their findings and insights about how person centre care has adapted to COVID-19 situations. The full report is available online: bit.ly/2Kz6Ygi @IanMWelsh @HISengage @online_his @CareInspect pic.twitter.com/RCH9M2IMuE
