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 […]
Quality improvement rewarded
We scored a triple success at the first ever Quality Improvement Awards.
The Quality Improvement Champion Award went to improvement advisor midwife Cheryl Clark.
Cheryl teaches quality improvement by example and has achieved results. She was pivotal to the work of our Reducing Harm Collaborative and has strengthened quality improvement in the neonatal unit.
She introduced fun and innovative ways to demonstrate data through patient safety boards and newsletters and has created social media forums for midwives to communicate aspects of the safety work.
The Merit Award for Quality Improvement in Maternity, Neonatal and Paediatric Services was won by the team who worked on the Reducing Severe Postpartum Haemorrhage (PPH) project.
It included developing a PPH prevention and management bundle of care, which was tested across all of maternity services with engagement from 10 community antenatal clinics, three specialist hospital antenatal clinics, four acute wards and in theatres, with introduction of a standardised communication tool recognising the PPH risk assessment score.
The Co-production with Families and Our Services Award was won by HMP Shotts in partnership with Health & Social Care North Lanarkshire for Understanding Your Child – HMP Shotts Dads Group.
Outcomes included dads having more positive relationships with their children, more discussion between dads about their children and overall, an increased understanding of their children’s needs and behaviours.
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