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National Support Programmes 2004 - 2007 Archive

The Improvement and Support Team (IST) has completed the following programmes over the last three years:

Unscheduled Care
Diagnostics

Eye Care
Planned Care

To access information on any of these completed programmes choose your preferred choice.

There are now three new National Support Improvement Programmes to support the delivery of the commitments in "Better Health, Better Care" and the delivery of refreshed HEAT Targets.

These new programmes will build on the experience and learning gained over the last 3 years. Our publication "Delivering Better Health, Better Care Through Continuous Improvement: Lessons from the National Programmes", is now available.

New Programmes:

18 Weeks Service Redesign and Transformation Programme

The programme has three work streams:

Referral Management and Access to Diagnostics, led by Tracey Williams, Programme Manager

Day Case and Pre-operative Assessment, led by Laura Jones, Programme Manager

In-patient Capacity Management, led by Helen Maitland, Programme Manager


Long Term Conditions Collaborative Programme, led by Susan Bishop, Programme Manager


Mental Health Collaborative Programme, led by Ruth Glassborow, Programme Manager

Page updated: Friday, August 15, 2008