CHA Special Interest Group in Q National Programmes in Action in the Community Hospitals 7th Feb 24

We were delighted to welcome Steffi Bailey from Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust and Kylie Lock from Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust to our SIG Discussion Group on 7th February 2024. They spoke about their award winning services, shared their learning, and invited questions. We are grateful to both sets of speakers who shared their experiences of very important topics, and what they achieved. The session was chaired by Dr Helen Tucker, CHA President.


End PJ Paralysis

Steffi spoke about the improvements to patient’s independence, dignity and wellbeing from this initiative to encourage patients to wear their own clothes on the wards. Positive staff engagement resulted in benefits for patients. Read more about the work that lead to their CHA Innovation and Best Practice Award 2023 SCFT Intermediate Care Unit End PJ Paralysis Campaign Summary June 2023.pdf (communityhospitals.org.uk)


Get it on Time: Parkinson’s Medication

Kylie spoke about how they manage administering “time-critical” medication to patients with Parkinson's. A Quality Improvement methodology was adopted to manage the change, and measure benefits. There was an increase in the number of patients receiving their time critical medication on time. Kylie will talk about how this is transferable to other settings. Read more here about their fabulous work and their CHA Innovation and Best Practice Award 2023 here