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To accelerate learning, we encourage NETS users to share their improvement stories. Find case studies and stories of improvement projects using Lean and the NETS methodology below. Contact us if you have a case study or story you would like to share.
A healthcare team had found that community staff regularly spent a significant proportion of their time handwriting or typing up documentation into the patient record system.
They decided that in order to accurately measure the baseline processes, implement any changes and then accurately assess them Lean methodologies should be used.
Read MoreThe clinical coding team at Gateshead Heath NHS Foundation Trust had reported that a significant number of admissions were missing from the Trust’s IT systems. The teams at the units decided that in order to fully understand and resolve the issues they were facing with patient admissions Lean methodologies should be employed to facilitate the process.
Read MoreThe District Nursing team at South Tyneside NHS Foundation Trust had found that their paper-based referral and scheduling system was not effectively managing the 800,000 interventions they dealt with annually.
It was decided that a new way of working should be developed that would allow the teams to work in a way that maximised their time and improved the consistency of the service they provided.
Read MoreThe North Tyneside CCG Transformation and Change (T&C) team worked with three GP practices within North Tyneside to look at access to GPs as well as staff and patient experiences. The team worked with three GP practices to train staff in Lean methodologies, collaborative working, the development of new processes, implementation, and testing.
Read MoreAward-winning patient pathway project leads to 15 week reduction in new patient consultation waiting times Sleep apnoea is a potentially life threatening long-term condition treated through the nightly use of breathing equipment. The Continuous Positive Airway Pressure (CPAP) team for the South Tees area had been working for some time out of a number of […]
Read MoreThe first Lean Design of Space pilot workshop has been completed working with the endoscopy unit at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Gateshead.
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