Lean in Healthcare
Lean in healthcare has become key to transforming acute, mental health and primary care organisations. Commissioners expect greater efficiency, higher quality of care, greater choice and a better experience for the patient. Lean in healthcare is starting to deliver on this agenda.
Lean in healthcare offers a wide range of approaches all of which can deliver rapid improvements in the quality and efficiency of the service. Sustainability is critical and this is where the real cultural challenge lies. Our lean healthcare consultancy puts the patient at the centre of every approach as we look to “deliver the best possible care to every patient without waste”.
We recognise that Trusts are at very different points of evolution. Every lean assignment is designed to meet your specific needs we look to support lean in healthcare activities at three core levels:
Rapid Improvement Event (RIE)
- This intensive, focussed approach is frequently the first step used to tackle a specific pathway or area, making significant improvements in a short space of time that previously have not been possible, thereby creating a momentum and enthusiasm for change.
Continuous Improvement
- Having developed a platform and enthusiasm for improvement, the next level is to make improvement an on-going process, utilising the new skills developed by those who have taken part in the Rapid Improvement Event to lead and take part in improvement activities on a regular basis.
Transforming the whole organisation
- So that improvement activities become the “way we do things round here” and part of the daily job for all staff, the next stage is to transform the wider organisation through the development of leadership skills and lean champions to create the culture to sustain and evolve improvement activities.
Our lean in healthcare approach provides real benefits in clinical and support areas:
- greater capacity allowing more procedures from the same resources
- sustainable delivery of initiatives such as 18 weeks
- more time to care and a better quality of care
- more efficient and better aligned supporting activities
- lower cost – removing under recovery of PBR
- Greater ownership, commitment and morale
Our lean in healthcare consultants have a deep understanding of health care. Our proven methodology enables our clients to adopt a lean in healthcare strategy that meets their needs. In partnership we deliver sustainable benefit and the ability to use lean as a vehicle for strategic change.
Read our Lean in Healthcare Methodology
