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Register here – https://mhclearningsession16.eventbrite.co.uk

The aim of the South of England Mental Health Quality and Safety Improvement Collaborative is to make care safer by improving quality in mental healthcare.

Learning Session 16 will be a two day learning session in Bristol, with a “Learning from deaths in mental health” focus and will enable delegates to acquire knowledge, receive coaching and develop practical skills in:

• The model for improvement
• The implementation of PDSAs
• Measurement
• Implementing QI projects
• Coaching in the application of QI
• Take away innovations for testing
• Network with peers
• Share learning multi organisationally

Day 1: Registration and refreshments will open from 8.45am with the opening address commencing at 9.15am, and concluding at 5.00pm.

Please indicate which sessions you wish to attend on Day 1:

I am new OR

I am a regular: indicate which level you are at:

• LEARN (thinking about QI)
• LIVE (implementing QI)
• LEAD (achieving QI)

Day 2: Registration will open slightly earlier than day 1 at 8.30am, with a 9.00am start. The event will close at 4.15pm. Please indicate which breakout sessions you wish to attend on Day 2:

[1] Co- production – working as partners to learn from deaths together

[2] Medicines –the role medication plays in learning from deaths

[3] Leadership – incorporating the learning from deaths into how we use our experience

[4]Physical Health – the role physical health plays in learning from deaths

[5] Learning from suicide

Learning Session 16 is coming soon: July 4^th & 5^th at the Holiday Inn, Filton, Bristol, and more information will be shared. The aim of the South of England Mental Health Quality and Safety Improvement Collaborative is to make care safer by improving quality in mental healthcare.

Learning Session 16 will be a two-day learning session with a focus on Quality Improvement methodology, as well as a developing work-stream on “Learning from deaths in mental health”, which will enable delegates to acquire knowledge, receive coaching, and develop some practical skills.  Registration will open soon.

 

Smoking in Mental Health Programme event

Below are links to films documenting presentations and activities from the recent Reducing Smoking in Mental Health Programme event at Eastwood Park in Falfield, Wotton-under-Edge.  There are also  presentations regarding smoking cessation from the recent Learning Session 15 available in the ‘Resources’ section.

 

National Work with Qasim Chowdary

Social Marketing with Russ Mood

2gether’s Smokefree Journey So Far

World Café Team Presentations

Q&A Session

 

Best operational programme

Gold – South of England NHS Mental Health Collaborative
Silver – Moto Hospitality Ltd: Achieve in Moto Programme
Bronze – Thomas Cook UK&I: Retail Check-in Programme

Judges’ comments on the winner:
“The South of England Mental Health Collaborative recognised the biggest priorities in their entire organisation and, using empowering ways to get the right results and using lean and collaborative means, they achieved their desired results. This should be an example to the profession, both in terms of focus and employee-centred solutions.“

 

Best public sector programme                                                        

Gold – South of England NHS Mental Health Collaborative 
Silver – King Abdullah II Fund with IDG: Civil Service Development Project
Bronze – Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council: IMPRESS project training

Judges’ comments on the winner:
“This impressive learning collaboration, a partnership across a large number of independent NHS Trusts, drove real improvements affecting the health and wellbeing of patients in a challenging culture. They had excellent approaches to cross-organisational learning that led to really valuable, measurable results.”

 

Best training partnership 

Gold – Home Office and Virtual College: FGM awareness training
Silver – Tao Leadership and Sky: Invest in BEST
Bronze – South of England NHS Mental Health Collaborative

Judges’ comments on the winner:
“This was a truly excellent and innovative learning design, where the external and internal partnerships ensured an amazingly successful programme dealing with a difficult and sensitive subject.”