When reviewing the change ideas being implemented as part of the programme, the programme team identified 4 thematic areas of change work: 

•    Co-producing care with patients and carers 

•    Empowering staff to offer culturally and trauma-informed care to patients

•    Understanding and promoting patients’ identities 

•    Identifying and meeting patients’ sensory and communication needs 

During the 11th March Celebration & Learning Event, we hosted breakout group discussions around each of these four areas of change, featuring a spotlight presentation from one of the participating wards from the wider implementation phase. 

We also took the opportunity to reflect with participants on what the overall learning was that they were taking away from the Celebration & Learning Event, and from their involvement with the programme as a whole. Popular themes within these reflections revolved around: 

•    The value of coproducing change and ensuring lived experience involvement in improvement initiatives 

•    The big impact that can come from making even small changes

•    The benefits of having executive sponsorship for progressing 

•    The role of data collection and analysis in identifying areas for change and monitoring improvement work 

•    Quality improvement as a continuous improvement process, with cycles of testing and iteration and constant review of opportunities for further change

•    Being curious, having a go and taking the leap to get started as the key first steps to enhancing service provision

In the video below from the Celebration & Learning Event, the breakout group facilitators provide a summary of their respective group's discussions and we review the learnings shared by participants. 

*To note: In the 'ward spotlight' pages, you will find further details of projects to coproduce care (Shelley Ward) and train staff in providing trauma-informed care (Ruby Ward).