Improvement programmes

Our improvement programmes work in partnership with health and social care services to deliver improved health and wellbeing outcomes for the people of Scotland.

Working together

The ihub runs a number of national programmes focused on supporting our health, social care and housing partners to deliver improved health and wellbeing outcomes for people in Scotland.

Access QI

Working with elective care services to spread the use of quality improvement to sustainably improve waiting times.
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Acute Adult

We work with NHS Boards, Scottish Government and HIS colleagues to spread and support improved experience and outcomes for people in acute care.
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Community Care

We work with health and social care services to enable more people to live well in their community.
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Evidence and Evaluation for Improvement

The Evidence and Evaluation for Improvement Team (EEvIT) works with health and social care partners to evaluate improvement work. We also develop resources to support teams with evidence and evaluation requirements.
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Focus on Dementia

We work in partnership with national organisations, health and social care partnerships, people with dementia, and carers to reduce variation and improve quality of care.
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Housing and Homelessness in Healthcare

We work with Health and Social Care Partnerships and housing organisations to enable improvements which support greater independence at home and improved health and wellbeing.
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Mental Health Portfolio

The Mental Health Improvement Portfolio brings together SPSP Mental Health, the Mental Health Access Improvement Support Programme (MHAIST) and the Early Intervention in Psychosis (EiP) Programme.
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People-Led Care

This newly formed portfolio combines programmes in Outcome-based commissioning, Third and Independent Sector Engagement and Person-centred Health and Care to reflect the increasing focus on development of people-led practice.
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Primary Care

Working with primary care services to improve the safety and quality of care for people in Scotland.
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Quality Management System

Working with Health and Social Care providers, Primary and Secondary Care, Health & Social Care Partnerships, Third sector, Independent sector, HIS, Scottish Government supporting organisations to create the conditions to reliably deliver high quality care.
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Scottish Patient Safety Programme (SPSP)

The Scottish Patient Safety Programme (SPSP), part of Healthcare Improvement Scotland's ihub, is a unique national initiative that aims to improve the safety and reliability of healthcare and reduce harm, whenever care is delivered. SPSP is comprised of the following parts: Acute Adult, Maternity and Children Quality Improvement Collaborative, Medicines, Mental Health and Primary Care.
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Strategic Planning for Redesign

We work with strategic planners and commissioners from across the whole system of health and care to enable improvement by embedding good practice in strategic planning and commissioning of health and social care.
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Value Management

We work with NHS Education for Scotland and the Institute for Healthcare Improvement to test and spread a value management approach across NHS Scotland.
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Improvement programmes

Access QI

Acute Adult

Community Care

Evidence and Evaluation for Improvement

Focus on Dementia

Housing and Homelessness in Healthcare

Mental Health Portfolio

People-Led Care

Primary Care

Quality Management System

Scottish Patient Safety Programme (SPSP)

Strategic Planning for Redesign

Value Management