4th April-13th May 2016
Over the past month I have been very busy so I do apologise
in advance for the lack of blog posts. The time is just flying by and I cannot
believe I only have just over two months left at the CCG.
Throughout my placement I have been heavily involved with
working alongside the Transformation team on the Caring Together Programme.
This month in particular I have been helping to assist with the full
implementation of the revised Governance Structure. I have helped to coordinate
the first meeting of the Patient and Public Advisory Group. This group is made
up of representatives who live in Eastern Cheshire and have a keen interest in
shaping the healthcare going forward for the population. It was a really
interesting meeting to attend to be able to hear and see how passionate the
group were to help shape the local health and social care services for Eastern
Cheshire.
I have also been offered the opportunity to enrol on a
Quality Improvement programme through the Advancing Quality Alliance (AQuA)
which is running through May and June. I attended the first of these sessions
two weeks ago and found it very worthwhile. I was introduced to the theory and
concepts around quality improvement including defining what is quality and what
it means to a consumer, employee etc. As
part of the requirements for the course I have to identify a project that I
would like to work through and apply the theory learnt in these sessions.
Within the first session we were looking at identifying the aim of our projects
and mapping the projects out using different mapping processes including
Fishbone Diagrams and Driver Diagrams. Participating in this course at this
time is really helpful for me as it eases me back into studying again and
learning new concepts in preparation for September when I go back to university
and the new topic areas I will be studying.
At the beginning of the month the CCG held an away day for
all of its staff members. As the event was held on May 4th, the day
had a Star Wars Theme running throughout it. The day was aimed towards team
building, celebrating the successes over the past year and looking forward to
the year ahead. There was also a Star Wars themed ‘Bake Off’ which many staff
participated in and there were some very creative and tasty bakes presented. I
was also involved in some of the coordination of the event from creating
delegates badges in the Star Wars theme to helping to create collateral for
event.
Finally I attended the latest QIPP (Quality, Innovation,
Productivity and Prevention) workshop. At these sessions several project
mandates are presented to a select group of people from both CCG staff to
patient representatives to review and score the projects against a
prioritisation matrix that has been developed. These sessions are all designed
around looking at ways that the CCG can make efficiency savings within the increasing
financial pressure the NHS is under.
