Driving improvement, delivering results: healthcare science national delivery plan 2015–2020
Scottish healthcare science national delivery plan 2015–2020 to drive improvement and maximise the contribution of healthcare science.
Annex. Summary of deliverables
NHS boards
| Deliverable 1. Health technology management |
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| Support healthcare science leads, managers and heads of service to work with the Physical Science National Lead |
| Deliverable 2. Point-of-care testing |
| Participate in the national POCT programme on the use of POCT in primary and secondary care in Scotland (as described by the Scottish Medical and Scientific Advisory Committee (Scottish Government, 2011), implementing local plans to ensure cost-effective implementation and governance of POCT systems and sharing knowledge across boards on how POCT technology benefits patient-pathway outcomes |
| Deliverable 3. Demand optimisation |
| Support healthcare science leads, managers and heads of service to work with the national healthcare science leads and diagnostic networks in collectively progressing this improvement work |
| Deliverable 4. Developing sustainable services |
| Further develop and strengthen the use of extended interpretive roles and clinical reporting in laboratory medicine, with a focus on histopathology |
| Support the recommendation of the Diagnostic Workforce Short-life Working Group that "redesign, skill mix and role extension appropriate to task should be applied across all diagnostic specialties" |
| Deliverable 5. A new integrated model for clinical physiology services |
| Support clinical leaders and managers to explore a more integrated approach to service leadership and delivery of clinical physiology services to create more sustainable and coherent quality services for the future |
| Support healthcare science leads, managers and heads of service to work with the Clinical Physiology Science National Lead |
National healthcare science leads and NHS board healthcare science leads, managers and heads of services
| Deliverable 1. Health technology management |
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| Work with NHS boards and relevant stakeholders to deliver a whole-systems approach to the management of health technology |
| Deliverable 2. Point-of-care testing |
| Work across disciplines to instigate whole-system improvements in the delivery of POCT in acute and secondary care settings |
| Deliverable 3. Demand optimisation |
| Work with NHS boards and diagnostic networks to reduce unnecessary testing and measure overall impacts on patient outcomes |
| Deliverable 4. Developing sustainable services |
| Work with stakeholders to explore new and developing healthcare science roles |
| Deliverable 5. A new integrated model for clinical physiology services |
| Work collaboratively with senior management to develop integrated models of service provision |
| Establish a network across the clinical physiology workforce |
| Support a community of practice to drive improvement |
Scottish Government and others
| Deliverable 1. Health technology management |
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| Work with partnership organisations, universities, public health, social care, industry and the Health Improvement Scotland (HIS) Scottish Health Technologies Group (SHTG) to encourage the development of an evidence base for the use of health technology in the community and the adaptation and spread of proven technology and good practice |
| Deliverable 4. Developing sustainable services |
| Build on achievements to date to further develop excellence in extending interpretive roles and support growth in clinical reporting |
| Develop work plans to ensure healthcare science workforce data are accurately reflected, providing good-quality data to support appropriate multi-disciplinary workforce planning |
Contact
Email: Julie Townsend
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