National approach is improving care across NHS Wales
Some 5,752 staff from across NHS Wales have completed at the least the opening level of the national learning programme Improving Quality Together in just one year - and numbers are continuing to grow. Improving Quality Together (IQT) was launched in March 2013 to give all staff in health boards and NHS Trusts the opportunity to develop a common approach and language to healthcare improvement. And as the first anniversary of the programme falls on NHS Change Day – a national movement to encourage staff to pledge do something to improve care – it’s a great opportunity to inspire even more staff from within Hywel Dda University Health Board to do IQT. Dr Alan Willson from 1000 Lives Improvement, the national improvement service in NHS Wales that delivers the programme, said; "We are delighted to reach this milestone of 5,752 staff completing the bronze level of the programme. "We are seeing the benefits of everybody speaking a common language of improvement and working towards ...