We are pleased to share with you a copy of Cumbria Learning and Improvement Collaborative's Six Month Report (April - September 2019).

We are in a very momentous phase – the new Integrated Care Organisation has come into being built on a clear set of common values, a clear vision of improvement and a structure devoted to getting care closer to where people live as well as more joined up when they need specialist services. However, our plans as a system need us all to change. We need to enter a world where cooperation is expected and collaboration drives quality improvement. An era where the traditional silos of primary and secondary care give way to integrated health pathways.

CLIC needs to change and develop as it strives to help the new health and care partnership flourish. We need to think about all education and all improvement and all leadership as integrated whole system support systems. We have adapted to changes in personnel and budget. Now we need to support staff getting to grips with new ways of working...

We are pleased to announce the launch of CLIC’s Offer, an online brochure where you can browse learning opportunities which aim to develop your skills and capabilities to do your role, whilst you personally learn and grow!

One of our most popular courses is Managing Difficult Conversations training, which provides you with practical tools and tips to initiate a tricky conversation. To find out more about this course, and the next available training dates, please visit the Training and Events page at: www.theclic.org.uk/training-and-events/training-and-events 

by Nick Jackson, Continuous Service Improvement Facilitator with CLIC

After a successful Engaging for Improvement project led by Anne-Marie Weller, which introduced Collaborative Learning in Practice (CLiP) to Maple Orthopaedic wards at the Cumberland Infirmary, Helen McGahon (Associate Director of Allied Health Professionals) was so impressed she asked CLIC to help introduce the concept to Allied Healthcare Professionals in North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (NCIC). CLiP is a coaching-based method of training which enables all staff on the ward to act as coaches for students; this means we are moving from the traditional one-to-one student mentor relationship to increase capacity for placements.

Working with our partners from the University of Cumbria, the Physiotherapy team are trialling the CLiP approach on the Elm pavilion and so far the feedback is very positive. The students are enjoying the independence they are being afforded, as well as the support they are getting from both their tutors at the university and the staff on the ward.

NCIC's Practice Education Facilitators and Allied Health Professional teams plan to roll the CLiP method out to other wards in the new year, and hope to have the same success as has been experienced in other trusts who use CLiP, seeing benefits in recruitment and retention as well as an improvement in patient experience.

E4I Wave 9 Completion Workshop

To find out more about Engaging for Improvement, please go to: www.theclic.org.uk/what-we-do/engaging-for-improvement  

Date: Saturday 1st February 2020

Time: 9.30am - 4pm

Location: Lecture Theatre, Education Centre, Cumberland Infirmary, Infirmary Street, Carlisle, Cumbria, CA2 7HY

Price: £135 (£70 for trainees)

Book your place now on our dedicated GP Update (Cohort 12) event page.

Check out these hot off the press topics which will be covered on the GP Update course delivered by Red Whale…

• The latest hypertension guidance published in August 2019 – there’s been some BIG changes, Red Whale will help you make sense of it all!
• COPD – it's all change on the inhaler front and shorter courses of prednisolone for all – what we should be doing, and why
• Diabetes – There is a paradigm shift that can now get patients into remission – some really practical advice will be shared
• The patient has a low B12 – what do you do? And how do you mange anti-intrinsic factor antibody negative low B12? Starting B12 and folate? Is it B before F or F before B?
• The patient has had a bang on the head: when should you worry? And what if they are on antiplatelets? Anticoagulants?

These topics, plus much more will be covered in detail on our GP Update course!

Book your place now on our dedicated GP Update (Cohort 12) event page.