Reducing Restrictive Practice in Wales, By David O’Brien & Dr Ruth Wyn Williams, Senior Improvement Managers

Today we welcome the launch of the Reducing Restrictive Practice Framework in Wales by Welsh Government. This framework promotes measures and practices that will lead to the reduction of restrictive practices in childcare, education, health and social care settings. What we mean by restrictive practice The Care Council for Wales

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Pandemic Recovery: Healthcare Priorities for People with Learning Disabilities – the Annual Health Check by Paula Phillips, Senior Improvement Manager, Learning Disability Improvement Cymru

Over the past year we have witnessed unprecedented demands on health services resulting in people having to get used to different ways to access health care. In many instances, routine work needed postponing and physical access to Primary Care became limited. The impact of these changes for people with learning

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Our next steps as Improvement Cymru by Prof John Boulton, National Director of NHS Quality Improvement and Patient Safety/Director Improvement Cymru

Throughout the course of the pandemic the team in Improvement Cymru have been deployed to support the response within Public Health Wales. During that time we have supported call centres, health protection cells, analytics, operationalisation of population sampling centres, mobile testing units and improvements in laboratory turnarounds. I am sure

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An update on the Wales Dementia Friendly Hospital Charter, by Sarah Tilsed, Campaigns and Partnerships Manager, National Dementia Action Alliance

Update April 2022: The Dementia Friendly Hospital Charter has now been published We’ve been working in partnership with Improvement Cymru and wider stakeholders to develop the Wales Dementia-Friendly Hospital Charter which will be published later this year.  I’m pleased to provide an update on its progress. The aim of the

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Movement and Mobility, raising awareness of the benefits in increasing your physical activity, by Andrew Clyne, Clinical Falls Practitioner, Hywel Dda University Health Board

The All Wales Dementia Care Pathway of Standards promotes Movement and Mobility as part of Standard 9. The work to produce this standard has been led by Improvement Cymru and partners to promote physical health and mental well-being, after a diagnosis of dementia or mild cognitive impairment.  We know that

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