1. NHS Education for Scotland Always Event Project
Innovating for Improvement
NHS Education for Scotland
Always Event Project
19 May 2016

2. Congratulations!!
Now you heard about us , want to talk about you and this programme!
Congratulations on being our award holders for Shine.
We were overwhelmed by the interest we had in the scheme, it really struck a chord with healthcare teams. 
We received over 900 expressions of interest , 330 applications and we selected 23 projects for this round
Having worked in the NHS for 30 years and more recently experienced it from the other side (!), I do appreciate how busy and challenging times are in the health service at the moment. For you to have had the inspiration and new ideas in the first place and apply for an award then follow these up with the motivation and energy to put these into practice is impressive.
Well done, we do hope this programme will provide you with the resources, support and time to succeed and that your ideas will SHINE!!

3. The Health Foundation
An independent charity working to continuously improve the quality of healthcare in UK
Want highest possible quality health care – safe, effective, person-centred, timely, efficient & equitable
We aim to inspire & create space for people, teams, organisations & systems to make lasting improvements
So I want to begin by giving you a brief introduction to the THF, our current priorities and where your projects and this programme fit
Who are we and what do we do? …..

4. Current priorities
1. Inspire improvements in the quality of healthcare delivery
  build & promote evidence (methods, interventions & context)
conduit for international innovation in healthcare delivery
support improvement work (project, organisation, community levels) producing generalisable learning & insight into approaches and implementation
develop individuals to model QI leadership through fellowship programmes
support individuals to connect and network - work collectively to bring about improvements
Quality improvement is a broad area and to be effective in such changing times in the health service THF needs to focus on some key activities and do these well.
To ensure we don’t spread our resources too thinly we have recently reviewed our strategy/ plan and agreed a set of key priorities…….
PS Details & resources on our web site

5. make a unique contribution to catalyse wider system change
2. Influence wider system change in specific domains: patient safety & patient centred care
make a unique contribution to catalyse wider system change
influence those responsible for healthcare policy and delivery
develop ideas, insight and evidence from tailored work in programmes including research and evaluation
3. Data analytics, Policy and Health Economist workstreams .
Your projects will be used to help provide insight and inform our work

6. How the Health Foundation works
Funding
Resources
Support and feedback
Dissemination – direct and indirect
Themed events
Networks & contacts
Further opportunities
Secondly, here’s the key to the success of the programme
 The health foundation isn’t just funding these awards because you are great people with great ideas (although that is a pretty good reason).  The reason we are funding them is that we want these projects to generate wider learning for the healthcare system.  Specifically we want your projects to help us build knowledge and new approaches in the following 3 areas:
(Patients 14; safety 7; safety / costs 3; costs 6)

7. Role of support provider
Healthcare Improvement consultancy arm of the Trust
Richard Edgeworth, Healthcare Consultant – Support Consultant for the project
Secondly, here’s the key to the success of the programme
 The health foundation isn’t just funding these awards because you are great people with great ideas (although that is a pretty good reason).  The reason we are funding them is that we want these projects to generate wider learning for the healthcare system.  Specifically we want your projects to help us build knowledge and new approaches in the following 3 areas:
(Patients 14; safety 7; safety / costs 3; costs 6)

8. What do you need to do? Project manage Self-evaluate progress
Measure impact
Capture learning
So – no pressure then!....
And this leads me to my final message: what we need you to do.
We need you to implement and test your ideas in a rigorous way that collects the information we need to show the impact of your ideas on both the quality of healthcare and on the costs of healthcare. 
We need rigorous measurement, from the start.  And we need you to be capturing what you learn about the approach you are taking so this can be shared with others who might want to replicate your work.
Previous award holders identified need to involve stakeholders early and plan for long term ie developing business cases
For the 23 teams with full programme support, you have already met your Support Consultant from Springfield Consultancy. They will work with you to challenge you throughout the project, they will act as your critical friend and provide support advice and evidence, research and documentation.
We have learnt a lot from the first 2 cohorts of projects and we hope that we will learn from you to make the next rounds even better.

9. Key messages
Congratulations! Remember your projects are being funded to generate learning for the wider healthcare system Measurement is key Work with stakeholders - think longer term Tell us what is working, what isn’t and why!
Congratulations!
Remember that that your projects are a vehicle for delivering some significant learning for the wider healthcare system
Begin working with all stakeholders and
To realise this we need you to take rigorous approaches to measurement and learning
Enjoy the rest of the day and please let us know how we can help you succeed in your task.