Lesley Wright Improvement
Continuous Quality Improvement comes from the ability to: use evidence to diagnose the problem, facilitate teams to redesign their service and empower staff to sustain and improve on the gains, underpinned by committed leadership.
As the former national Director for Diagnostic Improvement, NHS Improvement, Lesley is a motivational improvement and visionary change leader, with more than 15 years of experience in continuous quality improvement, leading, testing and developing the ‘proof of concept’ and ‘how to guides’ for redesign in cytology, pathology and radiology, using her expertise to work on clinical pathway redesign for inpatients, outpatients and emergency care services. A clinical background in radiology and general NHS acute care operational management experience, lead to her focussing her expertise in the field of diagnostics improvement. Lesley is also a Black Belt in Lean Six Sigma and mentor for FISH, Foundations of Improvement Science in Healthcare
Having worked and gained expertise with clinical teams across England, Ireland and the USA, her expertise has been recognised nationally and internationally, in New Orleans, Seattle and Denver, Scandanavia, Northern and Southern Ireland.
What is the problem you are trying to solve?
Do you need to:
- Improve efficiency and reduce costs in diagnostic services?
- Reduce diagnostic waiting times?
- Delver seven day services?
- Integrate diagnostics into clinical pathways to reduce length of stay; reduce out-patient appointments; avoid emergency admissions
What is the opportunity you want to create?
Do you need support in:
- Facilitating improvement and redesign
- Transforming services and clinical pathways
- Testing the impact of new devices and equipment
- Training staff in scientific improvement skills
- Establishing a Continuous Quality Improvement programmes
- Coaching and mentoring
- Supporting Human Dimensions of Change
- Review of services
All these can all be achieved, call now to discuss your needs.