This project is focused on improving the outcomes of people who attend the high risk foot services in South Eastern Sydney Local Health District. It is an approach that improves resourcing, service access and availability of data that is relevant to staff and patient outcomes.

The Children’s Hospital at Westmead is streamlining the referral, triage and booking processes to ensure timely access to magnetic resonance imaging scans for paediatric patients. The project aims to positively impact the patient journey, improve health outcomes and the experience of patients, families and staff.

Lismore Base Hospital and Richmond Community and Allied Health have implemented new processes to assist individuals to access and complete pulmonary rehabilitation services following hospital admission for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

Improving the way the Western NSW Local Health District provides support for staff completing improvement, redesign or innovation to improve patient care outcomes.

This project seeks to screen all patients on the elective surgical waitlist for frailty and optimise the health of those who are frail prior to their surgery. Five solutions were co-designed and are currently being implemented to allow a systematic screening for frailty and support the patient as they prepare for their surgery.

Our project identified our patients are worried about access to, and the quality of, care they receive. Our staff want to work collaboratively and partner with patients to provide timely, high quality, integrated healthcare. The project has provided impetus for patients to be active participants in their care and for staff to move away from providing siloed healthcare and create an integrated healthcare experience for our patients....

This project targets prevention in potentially preventable hospitalisations for people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and strengthens an integrated care model for the management of the disease.

Hospitals have a significant amount of patient plastic bottle waste. South Western Sydney Local Health District and HealthShare NSW started a trial of patient plastic bottle collection in January 2020 at Camden Hospital.

By 31 December 2020, 80 of patients who surrender their own medications on admission to St Joseph Hospital will get their own medications checked at the point of discharge from the hospital.

This project has been designed to improve the response that people who experiencing domestic violence receive when they access services from Lismore Base Hospital. It is multifaceted and includes improving the resources and training available to emergency department staff and developing a discreet domestic violence information resource for clients.