This project considered issues contributing to long wait times and implemented service-wide interventions to enhance access to mental health support services for young people.

This project sought to improve the effectiveness of the Transitional Aged Care Program by unifying and clarifying the governance and underlying philosophy across all teams, improving communication, building case management capacity and facilitating meaningful community connectedness.

Seclusion and restraint are increasingly common interventions used within emergency departments. Reducing the use of these practices is vital to improving the quality of mental health care patients and their families receive when presenting to emergency departments, as well as for the longevity and wellbeing of clinical staff.

This virtual model of care provides another option for women to access care in pregnancy.

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....