posted by Eileen Jackson, Early Years Collaborative Programme Manager

Lots of learning has been taking place this week at the Improvement Academy, Ninewells Hospital.

Through the Early Years Collaborative 6 multi agency project teams have been taking part in the partnership facilitated Improvement Science Programme.

Lots of hard work and commitment has been required however projects are now beginning to reap the rewards with good progress and  a greater understanding of the improvement methodology and how this can support day to day service improvement across early years and beyond.

Projects which have been evolving includes: – 

• Play @ Home
• Bookbug
• Just Play Cooking Group
• 600 hour Early learning and childcare – flexibility of delivery model
• Information sharing between health & education
• Birth – 3 years complex needs pathway

The Learning outcomes from this programme include: –  

• Develop, test and implement an improvement idea through the application of improvement methodologies
• Develop a project charter to support the progression of quality improvement work
• Demonstrate knowledge, understanding and confidence in the use of key improvement tools and approaches
• Understand how the Plan, Do, Study, Act (PDSA) cycle can be used to test small scale changes in Early Years Services
• Understand the value of plotting data over time by creating and interpreting a run chart
• Understand how improvements can be sustained and spread

The remaining session is scheduled for January and thereafter approaches will  be considered as to how we  capture and share the learning and sustain this approach.