PFC 2005 - Access

Toolkit

• System wide implementation (276kb, MS Powerpoint)
  A checklist to help Health Services develop strategies for the six month period January - July 2005, to ensure the identified key areas of constraint are the focus for improvement activity.

• Five innovations to improve length of stay management and whole system patient flow (541kb, MS Powerpoint)
  An improvement guide covering: understanding data, empowering staff, using tally sheets and action plans, care bundles and escalation and contingency plans.

• Five innovations to improve patient flow through emergency departments (486kb, MS Powerpoint)
  An improvement guide covering: service focus on 'patient first', patient streaming, the flow through emergency department, staff capacity and removal of duplication.

• Patient access improvement toolkit (269kb, MS Powerpoint)
  An improvement guide covering key system strategies in seven clinical innovation areas including: emergency care, inpatient care, operating theatres, outpatient departments, surgical patient flow, overall patient flow and escalation plans.