Lean in Healthcare - Case Studies
A range of case studies that show how lean consultancy improves effectiveness, efficiency and economy of service delivery.
Lean in Healthcare: Increasing theatre throughput and reducing waiting times |
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“We are very pleased with the results achieved from our Lean in healthcare interventions to date and are confident that we can sustain the progress we have made over the long term.” Tony Chambers, Operations Director, Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh, NHS Trust Long waiting lists and slow theatre throughput at Wrightington hospital were evidenced by sub-optimal theatre utilisation and lengthy processes. Through lean in healthcare mapping and processes significant improvements were made with emerging results suggesting an increase in day of operations admissions from 5% to 75% and a 25% increase in patient throughput. Read more |
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Lean in Healthcare: Improving theatre throughput and the patient pathway |
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"Mapping the steps along the patient pathway was a revelation to staff familiar with only one part of it. Overall, they were delighted with the approach, feeling empowered rather than directed." Stella Goddard, General Manager, Theatre and Critical Care, East Sussex Hospitals Trust. The Consultancy Company was asked to run a five day Rapid Improvement Event (RIE) deploying Lean principles to reduce the time taken from the end of one operation to the beginning of the next for a single patient pathway. Read more |
Acute Stroke Service: Rapid Improvement Event |
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“We made changes that would have taken us years if we had tried to do it through our normal meeting processes. We really valued your down to earth approach.” Dr Mark O’Donnell, Consultant, Blackpool, Fylde & Wyre Hospital NHS Trust |
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Goucestershire NHS: Improving payroll performance |
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“Your approach worked really well and has stimulated action in one trust that has reduced error rates from 18% to 3% in a very short space of time.” Janet Biard, Finance Shared Services Manager, Gloucestershire NHS Finance Shared Services |
03/08/2011
Worldwide Procurement Skills Gap Read more 
05/07/2011
Community Budgets roll out planned but will poor cross-agency working reduce their effectiveness?
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06/06/2011
Manufacturing "coming off the boil"
Article Date: Jun 02 2011 Ellie Duncan, Growthbusiness.co.uk Read more
03/05/2011
Purchasing plays growing role in shared services
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