Our wonderful nursing team on Ward 26 (Gen Med) have been testing the same change as peers on @wardd27WGH @Ward72WGH & Ward 15 - #improving their NEWS2 frequency in the day from 60 to 80%!🎉One small change, spread across @WghLothian, really can make a big difference💙🌟#teamwork

Staff in the Colorectal and Urology waiting times office received a WGH Team of the Month from Site Director Chris Stirling today having been recognised by colleagues for their incredible teamwork in supporting the booking process for patients. 👏👏👏👏👏

Today's key reflection: culture eats strategy for breakfast! Without creating the conditions for change and empowering teams to work better together, #QI is unlikely to have a lasting impact. #ChangeManagement #LeadingToChange #TeamWork #Trust #PeoplePower #TuesdayMotivaton

Conversations about trust at work often focus on the relationship between leaders & their teams. As (or more) important is trust between team members. Research with 1,000 workers identified five trust-based behaviours that set the highest performing teams apart. These teams: 1)

Pop along to our stall for Oncology and see what job opportunities await. An amazing team to work with. Visit to the department. Remember interviews on the day. #Palliativecare #cancercare #Radiotherapy #CancerResearch @WghLothian @WGHLothianQI @NHS_Lothian

Pop along to our stand at @WghLothian recruitment fayre if you fancy a career in Critical Care. Babs, Hayley, Zander and Bernie are here until 3pm to welcome you and answer any questions you may have.

Our fantastic team on Ward 15 @WghLothian, who care for cancer patients, are hot on the heels of two other areas in testing a #change: improving their obs frequency at night from 40-80%! Thank you for your tireless efforts to recognise #deterioration early #MondayMotivation💙🙏

@MainTheatreWGH and Recovery tables set up for the Recruitment day at @WghLothian. Come pay us and @TeamWGHSHDU and @teamwghicu a visit!

If we want to build learning systems for improvement, we must encourage our teams to be curious. A culture of curiosity leads to psychological safety, experimentation & problem solving. Yet a recent large study found most leaders regard curious people as "insubordinate" & like

Connect to the Western October 2023 Edition is now live on the NHS Lothian Intranet. Featuring our monthly ‘Connect Profile’, a Speak Up: Site actions overview and an article dedicated to the History of Laboratory Medicine at the WGH! Check it out…#CTTW @NHS_Lothian

Do you work for @WghLothian & keen to collaborate in new ways, whilst thinking outside of the box? Join us over lunch on 16th Nov for our Liberating Structures event, where we'll try these out together with peers: exploring your #QI problems with fresh eyes🤩👀#MondayMotivation

We can start culture change at any level in an organisation. However, when senior leaders show the way, and role model positive behaviour, more change is likely to happen, more quickly. The Arbinger Institute has just released a new (free) guide: "The leadership gold standard: A

@timmkeogh powerful messages about the importance of kindness in enable us to be at our best (mindset, mood), our relationships (based on trust) and the importance of appreciation and feedback to teams #NHSLLeadership2023 @NHS_Lothian @LothianLeader

Fail fast, fail often - but start small by testing changes out! Black box (any aircraft mishap, major or minor, is captured on this almost indestructible item) thinkers see mistakes as the very best way to #learn and we in #QI believe in creating a climate where it's safe to fail

Storytelling is a key skill in leadership for change. It enables us to connect with people at the level of values & inspire everyone to take action. Leaders of large scale change need to be able to: 1) Understand our story so well that we can describe it in simple terms 2) Honour

A great resource to support us all when giving constructive feedback to a colleague. Be prompt, be specific, be kind, listen actively, acknowledge and consider the different perspectives, reinforce the positives and offer a clear, potential route forward. #LeadingToChange #NHS🩵

Did you know we've set up a #QI Network @WghLothian, where staff can #connect with likeminded colleagues to #collaborate on making things better? We also share a regular NewsMail with tips & resources - to aid your improvement efforts. Email us at loth.qiwgh to get involved!🤩🗣️

Mirriam (Charge Nurse) and the team in our Surgery Pre-Admission Unit @WghDosa have been organising their workspace to enable better levels of #productivity & #safety, along with creating a new relaxation area for staff to take a breather and #BeKind to themselves/each other🙏🥰

Our Theatres teams are working hard to ensure that @WghLothian's Surgery Pathway is a great place to work and an even better place to be treated🙏 Here are staff from Main Theatres and Recovery showcasing all that a career with them has to offer! #ProudToCare #NHS #QI 🩵🌟💫💙

Our awesome nursing team @Ward72WGH have followed in the footsteps of @wardd27WGH & having created a strong culture for #change, tested 'next time obs due boards' outside patient rooms. This has seen them improve their day frequency by 22%, recognising deterioration earlier!🌟💙