Live QI projects at LGT

Please consult the table below to see the many live Quality Improvement projects we have in-progress at LGT at the moment – or click here to download the .pdf list

 

We Use the following Scoring system to track the progress of projects based on the IHI (Institute for Healthcare Improvement) progress scores:

Progress scoring chart

 

 

Completed QI Projects

Completed QI projects


The Following QI Projects have been successfully completed with many going on to spread their improvement to other areas of the Trust. Click on the Link to view the project posters.

Completed QI Projects

Project Title

Department

Division

Progress Score

Project Poster

Improving offer and uptake of Critical Care 12 Month Follow Up Clinic Critical care cross-site Surgery 4.0  
Monitoring and improving the quality of Critical Care referrals. Audit data, Improvement Project. ICU UHL Surgery 3.5  
Improving completion and submission of Bereavement Checklists Cross site Allied Clinical Services 5.0  
Improving the quality of TEP/DNAR conversations with patients
Ward 22 Queen Elizabeth Hospital Medicine 3.5  
We aim to Improve the diagnosis performance for gynaecology suspected cancer referrals inline with best practice time pathway, from 40% baseline to a target of 75% by December 2024.
  Allied Clinical Services 5.0  
Stent registry for Lewisham and Greenwich NHS trust - Lead left trust.
Urology Surgery 3.0  
Toothbrushing in ventilated patients in Critical Care KCL - Audit data used.
Critical Care Surgery 2.5  
Improve the Patients’ Experience of Discharge
Ward 15 QEH Surgery 5.0  
Peak Flow, Asthma management in A&E
QEH A&E Queen Elizabeth Hospital Medicine 3.5  
Improving Flow and Discharge on Ward 23 AMU
Ward 23 then 22 Queen Elizabeth Hospital Medicine 4.0  
Sustainable Inhaler Prescribing and Supply
QEH Medicine wards Queen Elizabeth Hospital Medicine 3.5  
Emergency Front of Neck Access (eFONA) QIP
Surgery Anaesthetics Surgery 2.5  
Achieving normothermia for neonatal admissions
UHL neonatal unit Women, Children and Sexual Health 4.0  
Improving adherence to Neutropenic Sepsis guidelines
QEH Acute medicine Queen Elizabeth Hospital Medicine 2.5  
Improve joint goal setting with patient and therapists on Beech ward 
Beech Ward, UHL Lewisham Medicine and Community 4.0  
Reducing Falls on Ward 2
Ward 2, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Queen Elizabeth Hospital Medicine 3.5  
Hysteroscopy QIP: South East London Gynaecology network
Gynaecology, Sexual Health and HIV Women, Children and Sexual Health 4.0  
Improving transition for young people with sickle cell disease
  Women, Children and Sexual Health 3.5  
Improving Communication about Restrictions on Driving
QEH Ward 22/23 Queen Elizabeth Hospital Medicine 3.0  
Fluid Balance Charts: Yellow Jug Pilot
Wards 3,16, Mulberry and Linden Surgery 5.0  
Optimizing Intraoperative Handover Excellence
QE Theaters Surgery 5.0  
Well-being of Doctors and Patient Safety - Establishing Doctors' Offices: An Improvement Project 2024
Ward 3 Queen Elizabeth Hospital Medicine 3.0  
COVID vaccine hesitancy in SCD 
UHL Medicine  Lewisham Medicine and Community 3.0  
Develop weekend Criteria Led Discharge (CLD) process and capability on Chestnut ward
Chestnut Ward Lewisham Medicine and Community 2.5  
Mouthcare Matters - Improving oral care on Ward 19
Ward 19, QEH Queen Elizabeth Hospital Medicine 3.0  
Mouthcare Matters - Improving offer of oral care on Ward 2
Ward 2, QEH Queen Elizabeth Hospital Medicine 2.5  
Pro-active therapies in the emergency setting at QEH
Clinical Decision Unit/ED at QEH Allied Clinical Services 3.0  
Rapid Diagnostics Centre QEH 
Queen Elizabeth Hospital Allied Clinical Services 3.5  
Delayed Cord Clamping for babies <34 weeks
QEH Women, Children and Sexual Health 3.5  
POPS (Perioperative care for the Older Patient undergoing Surgery) pathway
QEH Ward 15 Surgery 4.5  
Improving theatre start times
Theatres 2, QEH Surgery 4.0  
Reducing Falls on Ward 1
Ward 1, QEH  Queen Elizabeth Hospital Medicine 4.0  
Reducing the time to analgesia in patients presenting with sickle cell crisis to QEH Emergency Department - KCL
QEH Queen Elizabeth Hospital Medicine 4.0  
Reducing DNA's in endoscopy
Cross-site Surgery 4.5  
Reducing Falls on Ward 17
Ward 17 (QEH) Surgery 4.0  
Improving Analgesic Management of rib Fractures 
  Surgery 3.5  
To improve the waiting time for women presenting to maternity triage with threatened preterm labour (< 37 weeks’ gestation) (TPTL) and/or suspicion of preterm premature rupture of membranes (PPROM). 
UHL Women, Children and Sexual Health 3.5  
Reducing time to first feed for babies with Polyhydramnios
UHL NICU Women, Children and Sexual Health 4.5  
PACES
  Lewisham Medicine and Community 3.5  
To Create Weekend Handover at University Hospital Lewisham
University Hospital Lewisham Lewisham Medicine and Community 4.5  
To improve flow of Covid-19 negative patients from Hawthorn ward( Rapid PDSA cycle)
Hawthorn Ward UHL Lewisham Medicine and Community 4.5  
Streamlining ENT SOS Clinic Referrals - KCL
Surgery ENT clinic Surgery 3.0  
Hip hip hooray, let’s take this pain away!
Improve assessment of pain and timeliness of analgesia in patients with a suspected fractured neck of femur in ED.
Emergency department, QEH Queen Elizabeth Hospital Medicine 4.0  
Inappropriate referrals for acute knee patients (KCL Students)
UHL Surgery AKC Surgery 3.5  
Getting It Right On Admission- timely completion of falls and pressure ulcer assessments on admission to UHL surgical wards
UHL surgical wards Surgery 4.5  
Improve patient and family communication via updates (PFU) on Ward 2.
Ward 2, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Queen Elizabeth Hospital Medicine 3.5  
Reducing the % of unexpected patients who arrive in ACU and improve ACU/ED Referral process
ACU, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Queen Elizabeth Hospital Medicine 4.0  
Improving time to analgesia for adult patients in a vaso-occlusive sickle cell crisis in QEH Emergency Department
ED - Queen Elizabeth Hospital  Queen Elizabeth Hospital Medicine    
Improve Health care assistants experience and joy at work on Ward 3 (formerly Ward 16)
Ward 3 (16) Queen Elizabeth Hospital Medicine 4.0  
SAFER patient flow- Improve the input of EDD and ECIST code using Discharge patient tracking list on icare on Ward 23
Ward 23, QEH  Queen Elizabeth Hospital Medicine 5.0  
Reducing the rate of omitted doses of medicine on Chestnut Ward
Chestnut ward Allied Clinical Services 4.0  
Increasing inpatient Nicotine Replacement Therapy Prescriptions
QEH and UHL Inpatients Allied Clinical Services 5.0  
Increase referrals to the inpatient Tobacco Dependency Team
All inpatient TDT referrals Allied Clinical Services 4.5  
Electronic Notification of cancer diagnosis to GP within 24 hours
Cross Site  Allied Clinical Services 3.5  
QEW Outpatients Kiosk Utilisation Improvement
QEW Outpatients Allied Clinical Services 5.0  
Improve the flow and numbers of patient seen in Physiotherapy Outpatient Fracture Clinic at UHL
Physiotherapy, Outpatients UHL Allied Clinical Services 4.0  
Improving pharmacy services over 7 days
Pharmacy Allied Clinical Services 5.0  
Improve joint meaningful goal setting with patient and therapists on Maple ward 
Maple ward, UHL Allied Clinical Services 4.0  
Increasing Uptake of Diagnostic Screenings for Bowel Cancer
Suite 8/Endoscopy (UHL) Surgery 4.0  
Reduce maternal readmissions related to post-partum infections 
  Women, Children and Sexual Health 5.0  
RED: Reducing Errors in Drugs
UHL NICU Women, Children and Sexual Health 4.5  
Improve Criteria Led Discharges (CLD) at Chestnut ward 
  Lewisham Medicine and Community 5.0

Criteria led discharge chestnut

Criteria Led Discharge Ward 22 QEH
Ward 22, QEH Queen Elizabeth Hospital Medicine 4.5  
Improving the quality/content of Medical discharge summaries
Ward 22, QEH Queen Elizabeth Hospital Medicine 5.0  
Improving the quality/content of Discharge Summaries on AMU
AMU, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Queen Elizabeth Hospital Medicine 5.0