news.today
Hello · Register today | LoginHello · My Account[—] [32]
UK

Oxford Hospitals Charity funds 10 patient care projects

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 10 Oct, 06:19 · Archive

Oxford Hospitals Charity has donated £50,000 to support 10 quality improvement projects at Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The scheme invited staff to submit ideas for projects that could make a significant impact using small-scale funding of up to £5,000 per project. A total of 152 bids were submitted, with the final 10 projects selected from across the organisation.

The funded projects span a wide range of improvements to patient care. These include better support for children and families after cancer treatment, group-based patient education in ophthalmology, new 'All About Me' patient boards in paediatric critical care, enhanced teamwork in the ambulatory assessment unit, and the creation of a dedicated pleural service at Horton General Hospital.

Jamie French, interim head of programme at the charity, said the funding had enabled innovative work across the hospitals. Felicity Taylor-Drewe, chief operating officer at the trust, stated that the commitment to quality improvement was based on staff experience and that improving quality saves money and improves staff experience. Oxford University Hospitals held a day-long showcase in September to highlight progress on some of the selected projects.

Oxford Hospitals Charity funds 10 patient care projects
Image: Oxfordshire Guardian

Comments (0)

How it is being reported

In this story: Oxford Hospitals Charity · Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust · Horton General Hospital · Oxfordshire

This summary was written by AI from the headlines and standfirsts above, and states as fact only what at least two outlets report. How we use AI · Report a problem