The improving access to planned care pathways toolkit supports NHS Scotland teams . It can help teams:
- reduce waiting times
- improve processes
- sustainably manage demand
By using this toolkit, planned care teams will be able to:
- establish an effective project team to test and implement changes
- identify the constraints in their pathway contributing to the longest waits
- understand service user needs
- use learning from others to increase the pace of change
- demonstrate a sustainable improvement has occurred using data
This toolkit has been developed to align to the improvement journey. Start your improvement journey.
Improving integrated care pathways toolkit – stage one: Project planning and management
Improving integrated care pathways toolkit – Stage one: Project planning and management
Improving integrated care pathways toolkit – stage two: Understanding your system
Improving integrated care pathways toolkit – stage two: Understanding your system
Improving integrated care pathways toolkit – Stage 3: Develop aim and change theory
Improving integrated care pathways toolkit – Stage 3: Develop aim and change theory
Improving integrated care pathways toolkit – stage four: Identify specific change ideas, test and refine
Improving integrated care pathways toolkit – stage four: Identify specific change ideas, test and refine
Improving integrated care pathways toolkit – stage five: Implement and sustain where tested
Improving integrated care pathways toolkit – stage five: Implement and sustain where tested
Improving integrated care pathways toolkit – stage six: Sharing your learning
Improving integrated care pathways toolkit – stage six: Sharing your learning