The Evening Times ran an article about figures in a new report showing that women from Lanarkshire experience higher-than-average rates of stillbirth and neonatal deaths than other parts of Scotland. The region recorded the second-highest rate in Scotland with 6.42 deaths per 1,000 births. However it is worth noting that the figure of 7,096 Lanarkshire resident […]
Showing why quality counts
Wishaw General Hospital held a quality improvement (QI) showcase event for trainee medical staff.
The event highlighted work that had taken place during the last academic year.
Mr Hakim BenYounes, chief of medical services at Wishaw General Hospital, said: “We had six high-class presentations of QI projects from medical trainees who used clinical audit data as a catalyst for their quality improvement work.
“The event gave the medical trainees an opportunity to showcase their quality improvement projects to their fellow trainees and senior medical staff from various specialties. All trainees in Wishaw General Hospital were invited to take part in what was the final Wishaw Quality Improvement Competition for the academic year.”
The presentations included:
- Perilous prescribing of penicillin
- Bedside oxygen prescribing in adult patients
- HIV testing in ACCU
- Managing acute kidney injury in care of the elderly
- Monitoring and managing of fluids on the surgical ward
- Paediatric sepsis six
For more information about any of the presentations contact Hakim.BenYounes@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
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