Examples of Organisational Collaboratives

National

Regional

Organisational

County Durham and

Darlington NHS FT

Seven teams enrolled on an Introduction

to Quality Improvement course

Delivered by AQuA, on behalf of NHSI,

but it was County Durham and

Darlington NHS FT who requested it

Two days quality improvement training,

focusing on a project relevant to their

team, plus coaching, and 30, 60 and 90

day presentations

NETS

North East Transformation System is a

Lean based methodology developed by

an improvement collaborative in North

East England

Delivers training and coaching in Lean

and the NETS techniques with a focus on

knowledge transfer. They also develop

products to help organisations

implement continuous quality

improvement in healthcare

District Nursing Team at South Tyneside

NHS FT

Award-winning electronic referral and

caseload scheduling project led to 42%

reduction in medication errors

City Hospitals Sunderland NHS FT

Intensive Lean improvement event

reduces patient pathway for hip fracture

by 28%

Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys Foundation

Trust

Kaizen Promotion Office delivers 21 core

modules as part of the certification

process

16 modules for the six month work-

based leader training and seven modules

plus an improvement project for

administrative staff, which takes two

months

CLIC

CLIC helps to lead and embed a culture

of collaboration for continuous learning,

continuous quality improvement, and

living within their means within Cumbria