Innovating for Improvement Our programme to support clinical teams to test and develop their innovative ideas, put them into practice and gather evidence about how innovation improves quality
Key Points
- Programme to test and develop innovative ideas and approaches to improve health and social care delivery or the way people manage their own health care in the UK.*
- Each team receives up to £75,000 of funding, over 15 months, to support the implementation and measurement of the project.
We support up to 23 projects with up to £75,000 in funding to test and develop innovative approaches to improve health care delivery and/or self-management of health and social care, through redesign of processes, practices, services and models of delivery.
Aims
Innovation is about doing things differently or doing new things to make positive change. The Health Foundation recognises that innovation takes different forms. Those projects involved in Innovating for Improvement are innovative in one of the following ways:
- No previous history in any context – it is genuinely new or novel.
- Transferred into the health space from another sector such as another public service body, another industry, academic research or a non-health-related field.
- Transferred into the UK from an overseas health care system.
- Transferred or adapted from one health care setting to another: for example, adult care to paediatrics, or social care to health care.
Projects
The latest round of the Innovating for Improvement programme involves project teams that have demonstrated a clear and convincing problem they want to address – a significant quality issue relevant to UK health care.
They have demonstrated how their projects will lead to direct benefits or impact on patients within the programme timescale of 15 months, including a set-up phase of up to three months beginning in January 2019.
*excluding the Channel Islands.
Further reading
Collection
Useful publications and resources on quality improvement
We aim to share best practice and knowledge on quality improvement, from how to spread new ideas to...
FEATURED
The PARENTS study: Parents’ Active Role and Engagement in their stillbirth/perinatal death review
This project aimed to improve the review process after the death of a baby in hospital, to help parents deal with their grief more effectively and drive improvements in patient safety.
Frequent use of urgent care in the paediatric population of West Kent
This project aimed to address the unmet needs of children and young people in West Kent who use urgent care services most frequently.
Integrating a human rights-based approach in mental health care
This project focused on empowering mental health patients by supporting staff to respect and protect their rights in everyday decision-making and service delivery.
Reducing opioids through supportive education
This project is aiming to support patients living with chronic pain to reduce opioid use.
Supporting children and families social care staff wellbeing through reflexive peer group supervision and critical incident debrief
This project aimed to improve staff wellbeing, recruitment and retention through the introduction of safe spaces and a debrief service.
Making Insulin Treatment Safer (MITS)
This project aimed to improve the experiences of inpatients on insulin and the education of foundation trainees.
Fit Families for the Future
This project aimed to transform the lives of children and families who are struggling with weight issues.
Developing home-based Parkinson’s care
This project introduced a new way of working for Parkinson's nurses, that better meets the needs of patients and improves support for staff,
Using cognitive behavioural therapy techniques to improve medicines-related consultations in cardiac health
This project is aiming to positively affect patients’ adherence to medication, beliefs about medicines and quality of life in the area of cardiac health.
Engaging the workforce in real time: listening, understanding and responding to what matters most to our staff
This project is aiming to understand and improve the staff experience across the Trust, while also building on the quality of the patient experience.
Getting Creative: Activities to improve wellbeing for people living with dementia, their care-givers and clinicians
This project used creative activities to make a positive contribution to the health and wellbeing of staff and people with dementia.
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