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Join us as we celebrate and share QAF achievements, understanding the next steps in the quality journey. Learn about translating knowledge into improved health and care quality, facing challenges, and supporting goals through strategic planning and organizational knowledge management. Explore the librarian's role as a leader and change agent. Discover the importance of strategic roadmap, corporate buy-in, relationships, and impact on care quality. Review QAF outcomes, coordinate with NHS QIS, and engage with the National Health Knowledge Network Steering Group. Adapt to changing contexts, focus on strategic planning and support, and build strong organizational relationships. Embrace the commitment to building a knowledge-based culture and implementing KM strategies. Join the National Health Knowledge Network, enhance outcomes, and play a vital role in advancing quality strategies.
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Building on Learning from QAF - and Moving Forward to the National Health Knowledge NetworkNHS Librarians Meeting3rd June 2010
Aims for today • Celebrate QAF achievements • Share learning from QAF • Understand next steps in the quality journey
Next stage in quality journey • Demonstrating value and impact: • Translating knowledge into quality of health and care. • Dealing with unprecedented challenges in financial, political and strategic context. • Consider how we can support these goals by developing: • Strategy • Organisational knowledge management • National Health Knowledge Network • Librarian role as leader and change agent
Learning from QAF • Importance of: • Strategic roadmap • Senior-level corporate buy-in • Relationships with other parts of organisation – internal and external • Impact on quality of care. • Continuous improvement process linked with corporate priorities.
Next steps • Review of QAF outcomes and fitness for purpose in 2010/11 compared with 2007 • Coordinating Group • NHS QIS • National Health Knowledge Network Steering Group • Sound foundations within the bigger picture: • Quality strategy – impact on clinical governance standards • Financial environment • Political environment
Constant Focus within Changing Context • Whether applying for Level 1 or Level 2: • Strategic planning • Senior-level support • Evidence of impact on quality of care • Building relationships within organisation
National Health Knowledge Network • Commitment within Enabling Partnerships - • “Building a knowledge-based organisational culture.” • Representatives of healthcare organisations: • Work together to implement and further develop the KM strategy – locally and nationally. • Define and implement common standards for knowledge management – growing out of QAF standards.
Convening National Health Knowledge Network • Chair identified • Letter from NES CEO and Chair to NHS Board CEOs – nomination at senior strategic level to take Chief Knowledge Officer role. • Emphasis on knowledge management as: • Getting best value out of existing resources, tools and processes. • Improving quality and outcomes through knowledge.
Implications for Librarian network • Applying foundational skills and knowledge to demonstrate value in new context: • Achieving efficiency and best value • Improving quality and outcomes – link with Quality Strategy • Leading and facilitating role in knowledge management strategy – gaining and retaining partner and senior-level involvement.
Building on Learning from QAF and Moving Forward to the National Health Knowledge NetworkNHS Librarians Meeting3rd June 2010