When Bill was ill
Module created September 2016
A patient’s smooth journey through healthcare is often interrupted by system issues. These exercises can help your team identify any potential problems within these systems and suggests ways in which you as a team could work to improve.
These exercises work best when all team members are involved. If you have access to a protected half day, one of the following scenarios should be enough to fill it. Here is a worked example, of the meeting and some further suggestions of topics.
For facilitators - 'Bill develops diabetes'
As the facilitator you should firstly set the scene. It is important that all team members need to contribute and that it’s delivered in a no blame atmosphere. Remind the team that it’s about quality improvement – and that does not necessarily mean that the existing system is wrong – and where there is good practice this should be highlighted.